Clarion 1970-11-06 Vol 46 No 08

1111111/.
•E
Vol. XLVI — No. 8 Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota Fr iday, November 6, 1970
Pete Wicklund could not escape these two Bethel co-eds
. . . sorry girls, you've got to wait for the dog to bark.
Nik Dag will provide
dates for men--free!
Three interim tours are
canceled; lack interest
by Dave
Three of the five scheduled In-terim
tours have been canceled
because of too few registrations.
The Mexican Caravan, the Early
American Music and History Tour,
and the Study Tour in American
Government and Politics are all
off. Only the Holy Land Seminar
and the Dealienization Trip to
Mexico will go.
The Mexican Caravan would
have cost students $500 and re-quired
one year of college Span-ish
or two years of high school
Spanish. This tour was to have
been run in cooperation with Mac-alester
College, but neither school
could come up with enough stu-dents.
The Early American Music and,
History Tour to the New England
area listed costs from $300-$500.
More than twenty students were
needed. Only about half this num-ber
signed up.
The Study Tour in American
Government and Politics to Wash-ington,
D.C., would have cost be-tween
$200 and $250. A college
course in American government or
consent of the instructor was nec-essary
for enrollment. Less than
half of the necessary fifteen reg-istrations
were received.
All three of these canceled tours
were troubled by insufficient reg-istrations
which made it impos-z
sible to qualify for group trans-portation
and hotel rates, and
would have forced the accompany-ing
faculty member in each case
to pay his own way.
The two remaining tours will
proceed with only the bare mini-mum
of students. The Holy Land
Three hundred fifty three stu-dents
voted in Bethel's recent el-ection
for student senators. The
heaviest voting was in the fresh-man
class with 173 out of 410
freshmen voting, or 42% of the
class; 93 out of 256 sophomores
voted, or 36%; 51 out of 199 jun-iors
voted, or 26%; and only 36
seniors out of 217 in the senior
class voted, only 17% of that class.
The overall percentage of the stu-dent
body voting was 33% (353
out of 1082).
The new senators are:
freshmen:
Mark Wood
Louise Peterson
Ralph Gustafson
Nancy Mauer
Peter Varros
David Blake
sophomores:
Anne Dalton
Dick Henry
juniors:
Tom Billingmeier
seniors:
Linda Miller
(Rich Swanson, Dale Berry and
Doug Erickson — all write-ins
were tied)
Healy
Tour has about fifteen students
registered. Dr. Al Glenn, the in-structor
scheduled to accompany
this trip, will not go. The tour will
be undertaken in conjunction with
North Central Bible College.
The Dealienization Trip to Mex-ico
is being retained because it
will not depend on public trans-portation
and housing. Instead,
students will drive cars and stay
in homes.
Phil Carlson, Director of Inter-im,
said that most students who
were signed up for tours that were
cancelled received their second
choice of courses and that only a
few had to accept their third
choice.
Carlson also mentioned that
other schools are experiencing dif-ficulty
in carrying through on
their tours. "The economic situa-tion
of the country is affecting
schools everywhere," he said.
Carlson sees two possible meas-ures
as being beneficial to the sit-uation.
First, he feels Bethel can
make use of some commercial ag-encies,
such as the International
Travel Council and the American
Institute for Foreign Study in
planning their tours in the fu-ture.
These organizations special-ize
in bringing schools together
for special tours.
Second, Carlson suggests run-ning
some trips during alternate
years. "The Holy Land Seminar is
a good example," he says. "Last
year we had a good group. This
year we barely made it." He feels
that if we had waited a year be-fore
offering this tour again„ re-sponse
might have been better.
Senators at Large:
Jon Peterson
Norma Wilcox
James Feldman
Barb Thimsen
Less than thirty percent of the
student body decided the results
of the two constitutional referen-dums.
The voting on the two is-sues,
however, proved to be over-whelming
in favor of their appro-val.
The issues and vote margins
were:
Appointed officers of the
Student Association should be
required to maintain at least
a 2.0 grade point average. This
would include editors, Student
Association Treasurer, a n d
Secretary. (This has not been
required in the past by the
Student Association Constitu-tion.)
Yes 240 No 55
The Vice President of the
Student Association should be
the presiding officer of the
Student Senate. (This was not
previously among his duties.)
Yes 222 No 84
by Pat
The fist heat is over and after
a short rest, the Bethel debaters,
under the direction of Coach Marge
Erickson, are on their way to more
`dragon-killing.' This weekend, No-vember
6-7, the team will travel
to Vermillion South Dakota to a
tournament at the University of
South Dakota. It will be the second
the first being a Twin Cities
Tournament November 4) of a full
calendar of competition before the
Thanksgiving break. The team will
also travel to tournaments at Man-kato
November 13-14 and Bradley
November 20-21 with a Twin City
Tournament in between on the
16th.
The team is composed of 10
members, Julie Palen, Dan Nelson,
Rob Robinson, Dave Peterson, Al-lie
Jo Moore, Paul Loth, Debbie
Omanson, Al Cooper, Carol Shim-min
and John Eklund. Five are
`novice' — have never debated be-fore
this year—and five are more
experienced.
So far the team has attended
four tournaments. The first was
October 3 in Whitewater Wisconsin
where Bethel had two varsity
teams in competition. Dan Nelson
and Julie Palen placed sixth out
of 42 teams with a 3-1 record in
the rounds. In the novice division,
Carol Shimmin and John Eklund
placed fourteenth out of 36 teams.
Al Cooper, Rob Robinson and Dave
Peterson, who had never before
debated and weren't too sure of
what was pulling off, also travelled
to Whitewater as one team, alter-nating
in the rounds. They re-turned
with a 1-3 record for the
day.
October 9-10 the team travelled
to Sioux Falls South Dakota where
Bethel had two undefeated teams,
Dave Peterson and Allie Jo Moore
and Dan Nelson and Rob Robinson.
Of the nine schools there, only
Bethel and Augustana had unde-feated
teams.
In the Twin Cities Tournament
day, though. When the dog barks
sometime during the week of No-vember
9-13 Bethel women will
be searching out guys. All asking
to Nik Dag this year will be done
personally. Sorry girls—no tele-phone
calls or notes in P.O.'s.
When a girl asks a guy she will
"tag her deer" with an armband.
He is to wear this armband until
Friday. Each guy must go with
the first girl that asks him or not
go at all.
Girls who stay with the group
on Friday will have their hours ex-tended
until 2:30 a.m.
Chairman of the Nik Dag com-mittee,
Pat Chase, has been as-sisted
by Betty Creighton and Jan
Swanson.
Faxon
October 20 Debbie Omanson and
Allie Jo Moore placed third with
a 3-0 record.
In speaking with Coach Marge
Erickson she said that Bethel, who
had always been considered a
"weaker sister" school in the field
of debate, was this year receiving
some very favorable comments
about their team. "I'm very leased
with what we've done so far," she
stated.
When asked to comment about
this year's debate topic, 'Resolved:
That the Federal Government
should adopt a program of Com-pulsory
Wage and Price Controls,'
Mrs. Erickson said that probably
the most outstanding thing about
the topic is that it's suc ha cur-rent
issue." She suggests that each
of the debators take ten minutes
out of each day to read the Wall
Street Journal. "You get up to
debate on November 2, and the
opposing team very often quotes
from that day's paper. If you
haven't read it you're left with
your mouth hanging open."
Mrs. Erickson predicts that the
arguments of the debate topic will
soon center around the problem of
specific programs for and the
basis of control. "There's no refut-ing
that we're faced with infla-tion,"
she said, "The affirmative
teams will be forced to narrow
down their field of approach and to
develope a specific program or
area of control to deal with."
"The teams will have to start
digging into the ideas involved in
this issue. Statistics are not good
material. You can find a set of
statistics to match anything you
want to say. I'd like to see the
teams approach the argument from
the angle of 'is price control the
answer?' in the future tourna-ments."
So far this year's topic according
to Mrs. Erickson, has really been
exciting all the information is so
current that it's almost like being
on a Congressional Committee."
John Peterson, Elden Elseth, Peter Varros, Nancy Mey-er
and Louise Peterson wait while Elden passes the orange juice
at the breakfast for new senators.
Thirty-three percent of
students decide election
by Sharon Watson
Does Friday, the 13th, always
bring bad luck? This November it
brings Nik Dag, informality and
fun.
Nik Dag week-end begins Friday
evening at 8:00 with a pops con-cert.
"Bandstand, U.S.A." will be
presented by Julius Whitinger's
band. Following this buses will
transport the Nik Dag couples to
the Spring Lake Park Roller Rink
for an evening on wheels. After
skating the bruised, tired, blister-ed,
famished couples will continue
on to Uncle John's Pancake House.
Saturday evening is open. Girls
are encouraged to be creative in
providing a fun time for their
dates.
Nik Dag fun starts before Fri-
Debate team considers
wage and price controls
Bethel alumnus, Otto, to speak
on folk rock in convocation
Dr. Robert Otto
Dr. Robert Otto will speak in
convocation Wednesday, Nov. 11.
His topic is "Those Singing
Stones."
"If the disciples, the most likely
proclaimers are silent, the stones,
the most unlikely ones, will speak.
The Word of God is set loose in
the world and may sound off from
any quarter—folk rock as well as
Bach and Fanny," Otto states. "Tis
our calling to recognize the
World's presence. At any rate, if
the Sanctuary isn't wired up, Folk-
Rock will make a noise for the
Lord."
Otto is a Bethel College and
Seminary graduate, holds a mas-ters
in philosophy from the U of
Minnesota and a Th. D. from the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem-inary.
Otto was an instructor in phil-osophy
and Greek at Bethel from
1948-52. He was a Teaching Fel-low
in philosophy at Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary from
1953-1956. He is currently Dean
of the Chapel and chairman of the
Philosophy Department at Mercer
University.
Ron Troxel, Mark Kingsbeck, Elden Elseth, and Doug
Erickson, WBCS, host a panel discussion for Bethel publication
editors.
Application deadline for Clarion
editor position is November 12
Interested students are remind- cum open to editor of the publi-ed
that the deadline for applica- cations.
tion to any one of the three ap- Students are advised that all of
pointed Clarion editorial positions, these positions require the full at-editor
in chief, copy editor and tention of the appointee. Accord-production
editor, is November 12. ing to Pat Faxon, present editor
Applicants must submit a written in chief of the Clarion, "It is diffi-statement
of their proposed ob- cult to hold any of these positions
ectives and editorial policies to half-heartedly."
Elden Elseth and will be inter-viewed
by members of the Com-munications
Board after the 12th.
To qualify students must have a
cumulative 2.0 grade point aver-age
and carry a 12 credit load
during his term as editor.
The three positions include sti-pends
provided through Student
Association funds. The stipends
are $650 per semester for the edi-tor
in chief and $250 per semester
for each of the copy and produc-tion
editor positions.
Along with the position of edi-tor
in chief goes the opportunity
to earn three credits through the
course called Journalism Practi-the
CLARION nation periods, by the students of Bethel
Published weekly during the academic College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-year,
except during vacation and exami- scription rate $4 per year
Editor in chief Pat Faxon
Copy Editor Marge Rusche
Production Editor Jack Priggen
Fine Arts Editor Sam Griffith
Sports Editor Rich Zaderaka
Proofreader Faye Kulbitski
Cartoonist Dean Lindberg
Photo Editor Bob Miko
Photographer Jim Amelsberg
Reporters Dave Healy, Wendell Whalin, Joey Healy, Peter Varros,
Bill Ankerberg, Cindy Rostollan, Dave Greener,
Marge Anderson, Rick Johnson, Cris Pincombe,
John Larson, Sam Griffith, Sharon Watson
Business Manager Dave Waite
Editorial Board Pat Faxon, Sam Griffith, Dave Healy
Bob Miko, John Moore, Jack Priggen, Marjorie Rusche
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of
the college or seminary.
ebaint goto
Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
The week will begin with a ser-vice
of song planned by Oliver
Mogck. On Tuesday a group of
Augsburg College students will
sing and bear witness to their
faith. On Wednesday Pastor Law-son
will bring a portrait of Christ,
"Come Apart or Fall Apart," and
Dan Wickman will bring special
numbers in song. A youth leader
from Sweden, Pastor Lonn, will
speak on Thursday. On Friday
Pastor Leonard Carroll of the
Trinity Baptist Church will speak.
page 2 the CLARION Friday, November 6, 1970
Clarion photographer travels,
interacts with Soccer Club
by Bob Miko
During this past week I had the privilege of being able to be with the Bethel Soccer Club for their last
since I had never played or seen soccer before, 'cept when I was a kid.
two games of the season. My role was to photograph the club in action. I was really looking forward to this
The first of these two games was with Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
So loading up my camera I was off to Augsburg to meet the club. Following my instructions I arrived
at Augsburg with time to spare. Now to find the field. No one knew where it was. Finally I found the field,
but no team. Undaunted I strove forward. At the athletic office I soon found out that the game was at Fort
Snelling, fifteen miles away.
With a little effort I found the Fort Snelling field . . . empty.
Now with frustration mounting, I made my way to the phone booth and called our athletic dept. to see
if they knew where the game was. While they were trying to find someone who knew, the police officer was
trying to write me a ticket, for parking in the yellow zone. Carrying on two conversations at once I was able
to get the name of some park and convince the officer I wasn't trying to bomb the place and I would move
my car immediately.
Moving down the road to take out my trusty map, I couldn't find the park listed anywhere.
Very, very calmly I tried not to remember last week when I tried to find the other soccer game with
the International team, they didn't show up at the field where I wasn't.
Heading back home passing through beautiful Minnehaha Park I spied a soccer game . . _. could this be
it!!!??? Yes, it was! With joy I bounded from my car camera in hand . . . only to see the ref blow his whistle
to end the first half. I found out later that I was lucky, the cheer leaders and other fans never found the place.
The second game, determined that this would not happen again, I took part of the team with me to Man-kato.
The game went off as scheduled.
During the time I spent with the team I was able to get to know and see the club in action. The following
was a conversation I had with Joel Goff, the team captain.
Me: How do you think the club fared this past year?
Joel: We did very good for a club, when one considers all the hassles that we went through.
Me: Hassles? What kind of problems did you face that say, any team doesn't face?
Joel: Well, we had all kinds of problems with the locker room. Sometimes we would get back from a
game and find the place locked, some of the time we couldn't get balls. There was just poor communications
in general all the way down the line, (Athletic Dept.—coach—captain—team—fans). Last week's game, for in-stance,
the place we were to play was changed three times before the game, one of these changes occurred
an hour before we were to play. The Cheerleaders ended up on the wrong field and the photographer missed
the first half.
Me: Uha, right. Well, how can these problems be solved. It does make the sport a little rougher to play
with all this going on?
Joel: I think that making us a varsity sport would eliminate almost all of the problems, teams couldn't
cancel out at the last minute, like the International team did; there wouldn't be the feeling of playing "mu-sical
fields." In general we would be more professional, run like a sport, instead of this messing around. Right
now the players take on a lot of responsibility that a coach would take care of. We have a coach now, but not
full time. The team is very lax, not everyone shows for practice, these kind of things separate a good team
from an excellent team.
Also we would get the double portion of meat that was promised to us but never materialized. (Right now
the cross country and the football teams get extra meat because they need it.)
Me: Is there anything else that would happen if you became a varsity sport?
Joel: Yes, many more. We would get letters, right now we get a piece of paper saying we participated in
a club; we'd be eligible to receive scholarships; and perhaps the biggest, we would be recognized by other
schools. Last year we beat the U, but since we were just a club they didn't have to record it but when we
got beat this year, they recorded it.
Me: How would Bethel be served if soccer became a varsity sport?
Joel: Bethel could be the best soccer team in the nation. All they would have to do is to use the resources
that are available to it such as the missionary kids, we could have first pick of the best soccer players in the
world. Westmont and Wheaton are execellent examples of this. Bethel could get lots of publicity, and so
the school would grow. Already Bethel is talked about but just as a club and so is not taken seriously. We
have in soccer the talent, desire and the means of becoming a winning soccer school.
We have in soccer the talent, desire and the means of becoming a winning soccer school.
Me: What steps have been taken to make soccer a varsity sport?
Joel: In six hours, I alone was able to get 480 students to sign a petition in favor of making soccer a
sport. The student senate has taken action to make soccer a varsity sport. The Athletic Committee has taken
action to make us a varsity sport. It seems like every one is in favor of us becoming a varsity sport.
Me: Well, how come you're not?
Joel: Money.
Me: How has soccer been financed up until now?
Joel: By a private donation, that expired last year.
Me: Wasn't that donation with the stipulation that soccer be made a varsity sport after two years? And
those two years ended with the begining of this year?
Joel: Yes. Right now the money is coming from unbudgeted funds from the school.
Me: Since soccer isn't a varsity sport this year, should we give the money back?
Joel: Umm, good point . . . .
Me: Reading over the minutes from the last senate meeting, October 19th, it says that you can't become a
varsity sport until you receive budgeted money. It sounds like semantics to me.
I also read in the fall sport at Bethel broucher put out by the athletic department that soccer is in fact
a varsity sport at Bethel, how does the team react to this?
Joel: It looks to me that the school is looking at us as a varsity sport on one hand, as far as publicity
goes . . . but when it comes down to it we're just a club.
Basicly what we want in becoming a varsity sport is to be able to compete with other teams on an equal
level, a full time coach, to help guide us in the ways of the sport, and letters to show something for our work.
In general that Bethel can produce a winning team.
After I had concluded my interview with Joel, I wondered what the president of the student senate had to
say on this issue, since it was given to the senate with the idea that they could take some action on it.
The following is that interview with Elden Elseth.
Me: Elden, I have just talked with Joel about soccer and it seems that there has been some problems
involved with the soccer team. He tells me that the problems could be practically eliminated by soccer be-coming
a varsity sport. What has the senate done to make soccer a varsity sport?
Elden: The student body is in favor of making soccer a varsity sport, and the senate has reflected this
view by passing several resolutions to make soccer a varsity sport. The most recent was a unanimous decision.
Me: What has happened to these "unanimous resolutions"?
Elden: The last one was read to Dean Olson and he was invited to a meeting where soccer was discussed.
Anne Dalton and myself have approached several members in the college administration, President Lundquist,
continued on page 6
The Foundations play for Catacombs service ...
students join singing
Friday, November 6, 1970 the CLARION page 3
Catacombs - a Sunday sevice Growing third parties
without the ridginess of pews seek honest politics
by John Moore
It appears as if the U.S. is going through a transition of discontent
with its unique political system. Today more and more voters are turn-ing
independent, not necessarily to vote for third party candidates, but
simply because they choose not to be affiliated with either the Repub-lican
or the Democratic Party. The reason for such behavior is perhaps
due to the disgust with the noncommittal behavior and frequent pro-crastination
of either of the two party representatives.
Being a third party representative and supporter, though, requires
a certain degree of daring. One must honestly stick his neck out on such
issues as civil rights, pollution, the economy and the war. Certainly no
"Middle of the Roader" or insincere professional politician would chance
the relinquishment of his well paid position by earnestly seeking the
solutions of the above and other problems. Today the Anti-hero is hon-ored,
the Revolutionary is placed upon a pedestal and the Independent
Liberal reigns supreme above both as the epitome of independent thought
and action.
What purpose do third parties achieve? Are they simply an outlet
for independent political expression, something to fall back on? Are
they the proverbial "thorn in the side" of stalwart politicians, and is
their purpose that of keeping stagnant Representatives on their toes
and wary of harmful outside forces? Or are third parties becoming as
much of an American institution as the G.O.P. and D.F.L., out of the
necessity to make more and different voices heard in the political arena
and finally within the community? I strongly believe in the third point.
Most third party representatives are earnestly seeking a more hon-est
approach to politics. Though it is true they promote their own views,
which are often held in the minority, the simple fact that they bring
them out in the open is in itself a key factor in the success of a truly
democratic society. All views must be considered before one can be fin-ally
arrived at, as the one the majority wants.
Such third or shall we say independent party fervor can be carried
to grotesque extremes. My case in point is the little town of Aspen, Col-orado,
ski capital of the west (as some would have it). Aspen only ten
years ago was a small quiet mountain town, its economy stable and its
people content in their solitude. Its town council was more of a social
gathering filled with conservative non-progressives.
Today Aspen is in a dilemma, the ski industry with all of its suc-cess
and publicity has taken over. Occurring in the town now is the
conflict of interests between those who would return to the long lost
days of individualism and peace or something near to it, and those who
are for total economic expansion and exploitation. Out of this mire has
evolved a third force to be reckoned with, "Freak Power." It is led by
Hunter S. Thompson whose notable qualifications are writing a book,
The Hell's Angels and acting co-author of the 'Aspen Wall Poster', a
radical publication with a poster on one side and political propaganda
on the other. Thompson is running for county sheriff against two other
opponents, a Republican and the incumbent, a Democrat. Some of
Thompson's ideas for reform are to rename Aspen "fat city," rip up the
roads and plant sod, set up stocks to punish dishonest drug dealers, take
away the guns of the sheriff's deputies and to hinder and harass real
estate and business interests which exploit the land. Thompson's big-gest
goal is to press as much legal action as possible against "Land rap-ers
and others capitalizing on the name Aspen."
All this is laughable except for one pertinent fact—that of candidate
support. Since the primary elections of this past September, 739 new
voters have registered, most of them as independents. There are now
a total of 920 Democrats, 1,102 Republicans and 1,661 Independents. It
will be interesting to see the outcome of the election.
It will be even more interesting to see a greater quantity of voices
heard from independent factions across the country. Of course one de-mands
much more responsible political behavior than that discussed
above, (and no doubt the above is an exception). A governmental system
such as ours must be a fertile growing ground for new ideas and it must
not stifle the expression of these ideas whether they be in politics or
in any other medium of expression.
Bethel Forum
by Cris Pincombe
A catacomb is an underground
cemetery. Some consist of long
tunnels and rooms with recesses
dug out for coffins and tombs. It
was these catacombs that the
early Christians used to pray and
worship in during the great Christ-ian
persecutions in the Roman
Empire.
At Bethel, our catacomb is the
Edgren basement. Here, students
gather each Sunday night from
10:00 to 10:45 p.m. in a quiet
candlelight atmosphere to sing,
share and pray in an informal
manner.
Until the fall of 1968, regular
church evening services for Bethel
students were held by the campus
Pastor in the gymnasium at 7:30
p.m. Sunday evenings. These serv-ices
began to be questioned when
the attendance became so low that
it became impractical to continue
them. Several reasons can ac-count
for this. For some the
formality and the ritual of church-going
became a habit they wished
to discontinue. Others wanted to
attend other church services in
the Twin Cities area. There are
those who prefer to use Sunday
evenings for studying, socializing,
or watching television. Therefore
the idea of "Catacombs" emerged
in place of a evening church serv-ice
at Bethel.
It was in the fall of 1968 that
several students and Pastor Law-son
planned to try something new
and different from the typical
evening service. The service would
be so informal that hardly anyone
could call it a service. First of all,
it would begin at 10:00 p.m. in-stead
of 7:30 p.m. thus giving the
students opportunity to study,
socialize, watch "Mission Impos-sible"
on television and go to any
evening service. There would be
no ridginess of pews; for every-one
would sit on the carpets. And
candlelight would be the only
source of light as in the days of
the early Christians. Instead of
the regular format of service,
students would become partici-
In attending the annual nation-al
meeting of the Society of Bibli-cal
Literature in New York Octo-ber
24-28, Dr. Robert Stein read a
paper he had prepared on dealing
with the Markan text. It was the
first time that a Bethel professor
has presented his work before the
national convention of this schol-arly
society. "I was a little fright-ened,"
he related. "It's the first
time I've done something like this.
I was the first one on the task
force to read a paper and wasn't
too sure of the proper procedure."
Recently Stein, who called him-self
"young and foolish at the
time" was appointed to a newly
formed task force of the Society
and at its formation volunteered
to prepare a paper to present to
the committee. The task force is
examining the text of the Gospel
of Mark which is an area somewhat
familiar to Stein since he did his
doctoral dissertation on it. Upon
the completion of the paper he
submitted it to the committee
chairman and was asked to present
to the task force what he had
written. He was among three who
had prepared papers for he meet-ing.
The papers were read and
discussed. According to Stein. his
article will be published in a Dutch
journal in the future.
The title of the paper he pre-sented
is "The Proper Methodology
for Ascertaining a Markan Redac-pants
in the service through spon
taneous sharing and prayer. Some-times
different speakers would
come in and speak for 10 or 15
minutes. Other times faculty would
share themselves and their faith in
an informal way. One student men-tioned
that she especially liked this
because it made her look at her
professors as individual persons.
All this has been happening
since 1968 and has been continu-tion
History." When saked what it
was about, Stein grinned rather
sheepishly and said, "Well, it's
pretty technical. Sometimes these
things get to be sort of a hobby
with scholars." The task force is
examining the text of Mark to dis-cover
the author's peculiar pur-pose
in writing the Gospel of St.
Mark. According to Stein, since
Mark is considered the first Gospel
written and Matthew and Luke use
Mark's Gdspel as a point of refer-ence,
it is of particular interest to
discover what purpose Mark had
in mind when he wrote the book—
what unique emphasis he used and
why. This can be done to some ex-tent
through an examination of the
way in which the narrative of the
events of Christ's life are arrang-ed,
the way the material is put to-gether
and the particular organ-ization
that it has. According to
Stein there is needed a solid meth-odology
for this process otherwise
the researcher is left with only his
imagination, which at times can
get off in left field so to speak.
Stein felt that his paper was
fairly well accepted. He said he
thought since he was the first to
read a paper that the task force
was perhaps waiting to hear the
following two papers which were
a little more controversial.
Accompanying Stein on the trip
to New York was Dr. Walter Wes-sel.
Stein stated that the purpose
ing to grow. The past two years
catacombs was held in the base-ment
of the Seminary Building
Rm. 103 till it became so cramped
that it is now held in the Edgren
basement. Each year more carpets
have to be purchased. Now the av-erage
attendance is around 150
students. So if this is something
you've been looking for in a
church service that's not a service;
why not come and try it out.
of the society and the task force
was to create a school of study
that would be more meaningful
through work together than by in-dividual
work.
To the editor,
"I always give thanks to God for
you because of the grace He has
given you through Christ Jesus. . .
For in union with Christ 3 ou have
become rich in all things, includ-ing
all speech and all knowledge.
(We are nothing without God but
hot air.) I appeal to you, brothers,
by the authority of our Lord Jesus
Christ: agree, all of you, in what
you say, so there will be no divi-sions
among you; be completely
united, with only one thought and
one purpose."
I have often wondered why
Bethel as a community seems quite
impersonal to many and why such
a large number of Christian broth-ers
and sisters are so ineffective
and so lacking in their love for
one another. Now I think it is be-cause
we are not of one thought
nor one purpose.
Each of us, when we stop and
think about it, are we really doing
everything for God's glory—be-cause
we have heard Him say to
us, do this? One thing we need to
remember is that each of us are
responsible ultimately to God. I
liked it better when Doctor Bob
said in Chapel, "We are not doing
our own thing, but His thing. That
Paul was not talking about legal-ism
as a guideline but a means of
getting right with God. "Is it real-ly
so wrong to have a few stand-ards?
Sometimes I think our gen-eration
goes so far in trying to
love the world that that is what
they end up doing, loving the
world but not necessarily the peo-ple
in it. If we really loved them
don't you think we would share
Christ's love with them and for-get
your biased opinions? Would
we not pray for them, even if they
didn't pray for us? I hate war,
too, but do I have the authority
to call another man a murderer?
Christ tried to stop killing and in-justice
in His day by sharing o
the love and grace of God, not by
standing and yelling at others
about his opinion of their organ-ization
which killed and abused
people.
Many are probably like me when
it comes to our black students. or
our married students, or our inter-national
students, etc. We are not
the ultra extroverts. Maybe I am
just too afraid to open up to peo-ple.
Maybe I like others to be the
ones to show their interest first.
I'm sure I have some prejudice (it
is more like selectivism)—but it's
not because of race or status. I
really do want to get to know all
of you as persons. I'm sure I could
learn many things from you—but
I must change and so must you—
otherwise I'll never be able to
break into your groups. Well, I'll
stop rambling on. I do pray for all
of us here at Bethel and in my own
simple way reach out to all of you
in love.
Kathe Gowdy '71
Dr. Robert Stein presents paper on text of Mark
YOU ARE WELCOME AT
eaeciatv voteat e6ete%
2120 N. Lexington, St. Paul
PASTORS — Robert Frykholm
Leroy Nelson
—Services at 8:30, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
—`Faith Lab' class at 9:45 a.m. —3 discussion choices
The Spirit and the Christian
Jesus and the future
Famine and plenty: Amos
— Bill Youngblood & Fred Sweet - leaders
—Bible discussion on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. —small groups
—Transportation leaves Campus Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
TES-PH-I by John Larson
The Christian does not need to introspect. In fact, he is better off
not to. Most of us have been led to believe that introspection is essential
in our constant struggle to bring Christian truths alive within us. This
misunderstanding has contributed greatly to our hollow Christianity
and our unexplained depressions. We have been told "examine yourself"
and "work out your own salvation" until we actually think we have the
ability within ourselves to bring Jesus alive. We've been sold a bill of
goods.
"Man has not the eyes to see his own heart." We are not equipped
to measure our spirituality (if such a thing were measurable). Our own
minds were made to think; they were not made to determine the cause
of thought. That process is beyond us, as is the process of God's growth.
Our minds do not comprehend God without, what makes us think we
are capable to see the God within? Eyes that try to see themselves be-come
crossed. Eyes just aren't made to see themselves. Our mind is much
the same. When we turn it inward upon itself we view a distorted
world, for all we see is ourselves.
Our minds are not made to dissect and control spiritual forces. Yet
most of us feel we must interpret the Lord's conviction. We don't real-ize
that God's revelation to our lives is not to be explained or even un-derstood,
but obeyed. When we obey, He does the changing.
Introspection is to doubt God's ability to carry on His work. Please
Father, we'd rather do it ourselves! And so we take it upon ourselves
to live the Christian life. We question ourselves and analyze our mo-tives
deciding what we think should be done. In this way, our prayers,
our loving smiles, our concern for others, and our enthusiasm for Jesus
is grounded not in God's Holy Spirit but in our heads. And all our ac-tivity
stunts our growth because it's ours, not God's. How can God ever
work in us when we keep digging up His seed to see if it's still growing?
Introspection is lack of faith that the Holy Spirit will give us revela-tion
and guidance. It is not our job to keep us in the right with Jesus.
It works better when we trust Him through the Spirit to expose what
He wants, in His time. We are healthier when we are content to know
nothing about our spiritual state but what He incidentally tells us. We
are growing when we are satisfied as servants to do only what He tell
us. For He will always give us the cure, not just the diagnosis!
national student organization dedi-cated
to a 'better world.' CIRUNA
is attempting to involve students
in the political process via sympo-siums,
campus-community dia-logues,
Model U.N.'s, and mass or-ganization."
Membership in CIRUNA is open
to student organizations concerned
with international relations and UN
affairs. Chapter membership is $15
per year; or anyone interested in
international affairs can get a stu-dent
membership for $2 per year.
Benefits include information on is-sues
before the U.N. and its coun-cils,
a subscription to VISTA, the
U.N.A. magazine, newsletters and
much more.
Lord Caradon, head of the Unit-ed
Kingdom delegation to the U.N.,
was one of the speakers we heard
last June. His point was this: "To
day's apathy may be worse than
antipathy towards international
problems .. . The new generation
is our only hope . . . we cannot
continue to live on little islands
of affluence amid the seas of the
world of poverty and dread. Delay
is the greatest evil of all, and
waiting has cost more lives and
money than all else."
A member of the Committee for
Economic Development, Mr. Bur-witz,
amplified this thought. "It's
not a bad idea," he suggested, "to
set right the problems at home
before trying to do just that for
other countries."
CIRUNA has its work cut out for
it .. . and for us.
Petition seeks balanced
language requirement
Currently a group of five stu-dents
are circulating a petition
which will if acted upon, allevi-ate
the language requirement for
all upper classmen. Freshmen
coming in next year will not have
to face two years of language for
basic graduation requirements due
to the recent decision of the Fac-ulty.
Yet most upper classmen still
have this fact to contend with.
To the five who wrote the peti-tion
and to many other students
the language requirement affair
seems out of balance. They see no
concrete reasons which would jus-tify
their taking a language for
two years and next year's students
not doing so, simply because they
happen to have entered Bethel a
year or two sooner.
A total of 675 students have sign-ed
the petition so far. It was noted
that many of those signers were
students who have already com-pleted
their two required years of
language study. The petition does
have support from a few faculty
members.
The proper channel for the peti-tion
now, is to be presented to the
Faculty at a Curriculum Commit-tee
meeting to be voted upon. It
will then be presented on behalf
of the students to the Education
Policies Committee.
It is apparent that most of Beth-el's
students desire the benefits o:
the prospective change. More sig-natures
are being sought and if
any one who has not, and wishes
to sign the petition, may speak
to either Jack Parker, Joe Lewis,
Larry Ostrom or Bo Conrad. The
petitioners feel that the petition
should have wide student support
and not a small group supported
endeavor.
the Amazing Adventures of T. T. Trend
b
Pt /*ILEA
nypAPpi" esE Ens
LmE rfiE
ANSO ek 006•0.
Alaid fo "Gird jyE
Pi- Y.
1HitilloN6 CAP IMIPED ME
ArrIvE 41 A Plet HOD Tortmx„!
1) Y51- 604tertf
-tica 05/
17Ctre"L 121-41122- '
141‘tt
FLY PAPtik ANA &SPLIT'
NOTE;
spEctA
CA5r
coptrAw
FIYMPEX
S. C. C.
D. C.
f sr
6RAORED fkir ,
if C 8164.ER poliv roo
fr(
IHE
Page 4 the CLARION
Friday, November 6, 1970
CIRUNA offers international
understanding in model UN
by Joey Healy
With a name like CIRUNA, an
organization already has some-thing
going for it. It so happens
that CIRUNA has a lot more to
offer besides its name, which
stands for the Council on Interna-tional
Relations and United Na-tions
Affairs.
So what's all that about? Basic-ally,
this is a national student or-ganization
which strives for intel-ligent
public support for the Unit-ed
Nations, knowledgeable opin-ions
on issues of international con-cern,
and advancement of peace
based on justice and freedom.
Worthy goals, you will undoubted-ly
agree. However, this is not a
"yes-yes" set-up.
CIRUNA'S several programs in-clude
international travel pro-grams,
UNESCO fund drives, cam-pus
formus on world affairs,
UNICEF greeting card sales, and
national symposiums on interna-tional
issues. Among additional as-pects,
three major programs are
of particular value.
One of these meetings is CIRU-NA's
Model United Nations pro-gram.
Students assume the roles
of delegates and debate issues con-fronting
the international commu-nity.
Through its Model U. N.
Council, CIRUNA offers assistance
in organizing and coordinating
these meetings. The Midwest Mod-el
United Nations will be held
February 24-27, 1971 at Wash-ington
University, St. Louis, Mis-souri.
Bethel will probably send
one or two delegates to this tenth
annual MUN.
A second important aspect of
CIRUNA is the United Nations.
Seminars, which include a tour of
U. N. Headquarters and addition-al
briefings.
The National Student Leader-ship
Institute on World Affairs is
possibly the most valuable pro-gram
of CIRUNA. Since CIRUNA
is the collegiate affiliate of the
U. N. Association of the U.S.A., it
is recognized by government offi-cials
as a vitally important organ-ization.
And officials have even
been known to listen to what CIR-UNA
has to say! This Institute
brings together college students
from all over North America for
discussions with U. N. Secretariat
personnel, diplomats, and U. S.
government officials. Special work-shops
deal with current interna-tional
issues, and techniques of in-ternational
education programming
are emphasized.
Last June, from the sixth to the
thirteenth, Rob Grabenkort and
Joey Healy attended the 25th an-nual
Institute at Mount Saint Vin-cent
College in New York. It was
quite an experience.
Rob has this reaction to that
week: "I see CIRUNA as a vital
contact for Bethel. With the excep-tion
of the Student Missionary
Project and IC3, Bethel has little
contact with other campuses and
I feel that CIRUNA would be a
wonderful experience for all stu-dents
involved. This spring while
attending the institute in New
York, I learned a great deal about
international affairs and about the
problems other students face on
secular campuses. CIRUNA is an
excellent way for Christians to be-come
involved in the world and its
problems."
John D. Leverett, currently Mid-west
Regional Director, says that
"CIRUNA offers to the small col-lege
campus an opportunity not
only to develop academic programs
but also to influence foreign poli-cy
through a strong and effective
Dean Lindberg
Friday, November 6, 1970 the CLARION Page 5 'Bandstand U.S.A' is theme
of Nov. 13 band Pops Concert
by Marjojrjie Rusche
"Bandstand U.S.A." is the theme
of the Bethel Band's Pops Con-cert.
The concert will be presented
November 13, Friday night, at 8 in
the fieldhouse. The fieldhouse will
be decorated in patriotic motif
(red, white, and blue) to resemble
a summer band park. Waitresses
will sell refreshments throughout
the concert to aid the atmosphere
of informality.
"The concert program is de-signed
for the listening pleasure
of the students," states Mr. Julius
Whitinger, director of the band.
"We hope that students will take
advantage of the Nik-Dag special
we're offering them—two tickets
for the price of $1.00." This spec-ial
rate is only for students that
buy tickets in advance. General
admission at the door will be
$1.00.
Proceeds from the concert are
split 50-50 between the band ane
the Bethel Women's Auxiliary, a
non-profit organization that sup-ports
and serves the college. The
band will apply money received
from the concert to defray expen-ses
for their tour to Colorado next
May.
The concert program, which will
be narrated by Gerry Healy, is:
Fanfare for Band, featuring her-ald
trumpets and composed by
Ralph Herman; Poet and Peasant,
a favorite American band overture
by Franz von Suppe; Three Trum-peters,
a brilliant trumpet trio
performed by Fred Brumm, Jim
Fulton, Dan Peterson and com-posed
by Glenn Bainum; Jalousie
(Jealousy), a modern arrangement
of an 1925 pop standard by Jacob
Gade.
Mosaico de Mexico, a suite for
symphonic band by George Gates,
consists of three sections. The
first, Alma Llanera, is a folk song
from Venezuela. The second part,
Azteca (Subo Subo) is an old Aztec
lament which originated from the
area which is now Mexico City.
The third, Huapango (De Vera-cruz)
is a folk dance form native
to the Veracruz region.
Next on the program are two
arrangements by Leroy Anderson,
a well-known "pop classic" com-poser,
The Typewriter and Sand-paper
Ballet. Holiday for Winds,
by Glenn Osser (a former ar-ranger
and composer for some of
the "big name" bands), features
the woodwind section. The last
number before intermission is
Broadway Curtain Time, by John
Krance, which is a medley of re-cent
broadway hits such as Hello
by Marjorie Rusche
She has utter absorption in her
music and thorough dedication to
her God. A contagious aliveness
sparkles from big blue eyes that
say "You know I care." Her near
professional piano playing has ac-companied
many a Bethel musi-cian.
Next Sunday afternoon, Novem-ber
8, Mrs. Bev Renick will pre-sent
her senior piano recital at
Trinity Baptist at 3. Assisting her
will be Gail Klemetti, Mrs. Helen
Lewis, Dr. Gordon Howell, and a
vocal ensemble.
"I feel extremely nervous when
I play," states Bev. "I, as a per-former,
have a tremendous obli-gation
to express the music the
way the composer wrote it, in spite
of my inadequacies. It's always a
great relief after I'm through
playing—but that's when I start
shaking, because all of the excite-ment
of the music hits me."
The notorious trombone section of the band practices
up for the pops concert.
Julius Whitinger and his band are hard at work. The
Pops Concert is next Friday, November 13.
Dolly, Mame, Once Upon a Time, Wickman, a Bethel alumnus, will
Hey Look Me Over, If He Walked perform with the band on this
into my Life, Put on a Happy number. The songs are Its a Gift
Face. to be Simple, The Dodger, Shall
After intermission, A Concert We Gather at the River, and Ching-
Digest, a musical satire for band A- Ring -Chaw. Following this is
and narrator composed by Bill Camptown Basses, a novelty on the
Laas, will be presented featuring folk tune Camptown Races by Ac-
Gerry Healy as narrator. Follow- ton Ostling featuring the base,
ing this novelty number is Old section.
American Songs, arranged by The finale for the concert will
Aaron Copland and adapted for be a Bandstand U.S.A. salute to
the band by Dave Hage, a senior America, which will consist of a
music major. Bass soloist Dan medley of patriotic songs.
Bev is a music education and
church music major. Her efforts at
musical expression started at the
tender age of six, when she would
plunk out "Jesus Loves Me" by
ear on the piano. Since then she
has accompanied in high school
and college, participated in many
music contests, and been accom-panist
for Women's Choir and Fes-tival
Choir.
"One of the highlights of my
college career has been being in
Women's Choir. The chance to
travel and know forty girls intim-ately
and to work with a director
like Mr. Mogck is fantastic. I've
really appreciated Mr. Mogck's
sensitivity to Christ, people, and
music. He's a tremendous inspira-tion
and example to the girls in
the choir." Two other faculty
members whom Bev feels have
been a tremendous help to her
musically are Dr. Gordon Howell
and C. Edward Thomas, her piano
instructors.
by Harold C.
Hi—I just thought I'd take a break from reading my Russian libro
(that's Spanish for book). While reading this libro (book) I thought .. .
why am I reading this book (libro)? The library is stacked with books
(libros)—each author thought he had something worthy to say—it was
even worth getting published! . . . But we can't read all those books
(libros). It wouldn't be very much fun to read all those books (libros).
It scares me to think that there are all those books (libros) in the
library—and here you are reading this stuff that I'm writing. I feel a
heavy burden upon my shoulders to tell you something important so
here is my hint to happiness for the week. . . .
To boys—if you have one sock that has lost its mate—and you
have another sock that has lost its mate—and they are different
colors . . . wear them when you wear high boots . . . if you have some
high boots . . . if you don't have some high boots—either get some
or give your socks away to someone who has high boots. Let's face
it, no one could be so cruel as to have those unwanted socks trapped
in a drawer when you could find a home for them on someone's feet
(someone who has high boots mind you).
Now to the girls��if you go out with a guy on a sleigh ride this
winter and you get cold—and you come inside and sit by a fire—
make sure you let your boy know that he can take off his boots and
warm up his feet . . . even if he has on two different colored socks.
ZEbeater Arbteiv
Play by Russian author
iss portrait ofr humanity
by Sam Griffith
Campland is a country not in geography books, history books, or in
psychology books. The existence of the inhabitants is such that they are
"jjust alive until you're dead." The Guthrie Theater production of 'A
Play' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is the story of the Campland inhabi-tants
— the beings in a Stalinist correctional labor camp in 1945. Alek-sandr
Solzhenitsyn is the Russian author who won the 1970 Nobel Prize
for Literature.
The play shows a world that is overwhelmed by the 'Establishment.'
The 'system' which one must play along with to survive is a 'system' de-void
of any ideals and it submerges Campland and its inhabitants by its
repressive totalitarianism. As head prisoner, Nemov, played by Brian
Petchey, is in charge of 'Productivity.' His job is to get the prisoners
to fill their quotas and to protect the prisoners from unjust demands
by the 'system'. Nemov is immediately confronted with the paradox of
such a situation.
Nemov is assaulted from all sides by the demands of the prisoners
and the demands of the 'system'. He begins to see that the prison that
is lived in is not only of barbed wire but of the mind. There are prisons
of ambition, and of the fear to go beyond the familiar. Women prisoners
come into the office offering their bodies in exchange for security. If
you submit yourself to the camp doctor you can obtain many advan-tages
for he is always seeking a better bed-partner. Certain people, like
the work allocator or the head clerk, must be 'paid' perhaps with a new
pair of boots for their efforts or else nothing will get done. The struggle
for Nemov is to satisfy as many as possible including himself and still
get the quotas filled and the Commandant happy.
As you watch these prisoners as man versus man degenerate into
beings that are stripped of any sense of justice or any ideal you begin
to absorb the very essence of their humanity. The scenery fades into
the background, you overlook the 'staged' actions and you, the observer,
are caught up in the whole emotional framework of the play. 'A Play'
ceases to be a play and seems to transcend the stage, the actors, the
characters, and begins to speak to and for humanity. Praise? Yes, be-cause
the very struggle for life or reason to live by the actors on stage
is to bring this struggle right to the viewer. The observer is confronted
by his own life.
Nemov struggles with this paradox of existence and by placing
justice above all else he loses his job and th eaccompanying comforts.
He is stripped of everything and he is faced with only himself and the
challenge that this entails. Now at the bottom Nemov begins to see peo-ple
and have feelings. His greatest fear had been that he would bring
injustice through his actions. Now that he was no longer the head
prisoner and no longer upholding the 'system' he could no longer do
what was wrong for him. He no longer had to labor under the delusion
that the ends justify the means. Nemov no longer had to betray his
inner feels; his sense of justice; his love for Lyuba. He could fulfill
himself in a small way by achieving his dream of being 'brought up by
his own conscience.' He brought the emotion of love to Lyuba who could
not comprehend because the 'system' had made her emotionless. She is
so shaken by the new direction in the life of Nemov that she gives her
body to the camp doctor so that she can remain near Nemov and try and
return to some semblance of being human. And although Nemov dies
by the hand of the very 'system' that he tried to change, Lyuba is able
to say with her new-found emotions that she loves him and that he is
still alive.
It would be too easy to draw analogies from the play to the Com-munist
situation in Russia or the situation in the United States. Easily
said but probably an unjust statement. Nemov is the spiritual autobi-ography
of Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn is only trying to tell us of human-ity
and nothing else. The seeming transcendence of the play was the
work of the observer and not the author. He is telling us of ourselves
and of the people around us. People are people, communist or protestant,
and each must strive with the situation that he is in.
'A Play' is a complex scenario trying to relate, and does so very
well, the simple facts of humanity and its struggle for life.
Bev Renwick presents piano recital
Bev's favorite style of music for
the piano is Impressionism. "The
sounds are melted together in so
many different combinations. The
music turns me on. The fascinat-ing
thing about any music is how
all the different aspects and dif-ferent
moods fit together. The
process of transforming little black
notes on paper to music involves
so many of your senses."
On Bev's concert program are
selections by Beethoven, Barber,
Ravel, Chopin, Bach, and Gersh-win.
The finale of her concert is
excerpts from Gershwin's Rhap
sody in Blue, including voices and
a second piano part played by Dr.
Howell.
Future plans for Bev include
teaching secondary music some-where
in the Twin Cities. She will
graduate in December. Her hus-band,
Bob Renwick, attends Bethel
seminary.
272 Lowry Medical Arts
St. Paul, Minn. 55102
Page 6 the CLARION Friday, November 6, 1970
Soccer team ends season with
encouraging 8-4-1 record
by Joel Goff
The 1970 Bethel Soccer Club
minished its season with a 5-0 vic-tory
over Bethany Luther of Man-kato.
Goalie Jon Nordstrom regis-tered
his third shutout of the sea-son,
stopping 10 of the opponents
shots. Once again the defense must
be congratulated for their aggres-sive
play. Using such tricks as the
"secondary kicking leg" they kept
Bethany from mounting a strong
offensive attack.
The scoring was led by captain
Joel Goff who put four goals across
the line including his second cor-ner
kick of the season. Dan Leaf-blad
received credit for the other
team is extended to seniors Pete
Pete Wickland. Thanks from the
goal, pumping in a fine pass from
player as Jon Landberg and Ray Smith move in to assist.
Steve Voth attempts to head the ball away from a Bethany
Wickland and Tim Larson for to stay whether it is varsity or not. lost the championship game but
their hustle and determination The highlight of the season was were happy to bring home the sec-throughout
the season. the club's trip to the Platteville and place trophy. Looking for-
Looking at the 1970 season one Tournament. In the first game ward to next year the club is very
must say it was very successful. Bethel defeated a heavily favor- optimistic and hopes to better its
Compiling an 8-4-1 record, the ed Purdue team 4-1 to put itself record along with obtaining var-club
demonstrated that it is here into the finals. Unfortunately they sity status.
Bethel Ski Club considers trips;
arrangements made to cut expense
by Dave Greener Waller also forsees the possib- Bethel to sponsor a ski team (with
Once again Minnesota's "Siberi- ility of going to local areas just a minimum of five members) that
an" winter approaches Bethel for an evening of skiing. Here, too, could compete in the Minnesota
land, bringing with it that crystal- club members would pay less. Intercollegiate Skiers' Association.
line substance known to the In- Longer trips (such as out West) The team could be co-ed. The or-dians
as "the Great White Bother." are not scheduled. Last spring the ganization's ultimate sequence of
Probably impressed by snow jobs, club decided to take a realistic competition for skilled skiers is
however, are the bums and bun- approach to this year, relates the Olympics.
nies of Bethel's recently charter- Waller. Concerned about some of Waller reveals that Bethel Ski
ed Ski Club. the shortcomings of former Bethel Club membership this year is open
"We want to cut every corner ski clubs (pre-charter), Waller to both college and seminary stu-to
make things as inexpensive as does not want his club to "stumble dents. Besides augmenting group
possible," says Mark Waller, stat- from one failure to the next." ski trip with seminarians, con-ing
a major club aim. Waller, club Waller does envision, however, ference college and high school
President, says club members will the possibilities of Bethel joining people will also sometimes be in-receive
financial "breaks." vited (this move would also give
Ski Club officers are currently the United States Skiing Associa- these high schoolers exposure to
considering about half a dozen tion. Through membership in the Bethel, according to Waller.)
"low cost trips." The first of these U.S.S.A. there might be times Waller says that a membership
trips is to Iron Mountain in east- when lift discounts of up to forty fee of $5.00 can be paid to the
ern Wisconsin during Thanksgiv- percent might be obtained and club account (at Bethel's banking
ing. To help confine expenses, ar- there would be the possibility of window) or to Linda Gaasrud, club
rangements for free room have equipment and other discounts. treasurer. Monthly meetings are
been made with a Conference Furthermore, if interest merited, scheduled for every third Tuesday
church in that area. U.S.S.A. membership would allow in the Seminary Building Chapel.
Should soccer become a varsity sport?
continued from page 2
Virgil Olson, Dr. Finnlay, Chairman of the Athletic Committe and the athletic department chairman, Gene
Glader. The Athletic Committee has met and have proposed another resolution to make soccer a varsity
sport. A resolution was previously submitted by the Athletic Committee last spring to make soccer a varsity
sport. This previous propsal was turned down by the administration because of cost. (approximately $13,000
was asked for, $6,000 of which was for soccer scholarships), thus far soccer has been operating on a budget of
$2,000.
Me: How do you think that the decision of the senate and the petitions have affected these people who
you've approached?
Elden: Specifically, Dean Olson has listened to it, unfortunately I don't think that these measures have had
much impact on the general administration.
Me: Do you know where the money for the soccer team is coming from at present?
Elden: President Lundquist has said the school is paying for some, Dean Olson says soccer is being fin-anced
by an anonymous donor, Gene Glader also says the money is coming from an anonymous donor.
Apparently there seems to be a lack of communication among the administration in this matter.
Me: What is the procedure for making a sport a varsity sport?
Elden: The Athletic Committee would make a proposal, which they have done; then the top college ,
administrators would make the final decision on it.
Me: So then I should talk to Paul Finlay as to what has happened, why soccer isn't a varsity sport?
Elden: Yes.
Me: Is there anything with which you would like to conclude?
Eldon: Yes, this seems to be mainly a problem of semantics, because no one has come up with a de-finition
as to what a varsity sport is. Does a varsity sport have a full-time coach? Since we are already paying
for soccer through unbudgeted funds, what differance does it make whether it is called varsity or not?
*
These interviews tend to throw some light on some interesting questions . . . How much power does the
student senate have? Is it just the point where funds are given and they dole it out to the different areas,
Spire, Clarion etc? When the Senate passes a resolution; should first it be decided whether or not they have
the power to decide on such an issue? Or do they tell the administration how the students feel and then the
administration acts upon it?
Next week I will interview Dr. Finlay and President Lundquist to find out where and what lias hap-pened
to the: one, resoulution that was passed in the senate; two, what happened to the petition that Joel
Goff had and; three, what happened to the resolution the Athletic Committee passed that soccer become
a varsity sport and; four, how much say does the stud ent really have in what happens on the Bethel campus
through the use of proper channels.
The Hot Corner
by Rich Zaderaka
FOOTBALL DAFFYNITIONS
Tackle—a zit medication for boys
Split End—what a girl gets if she brushes her hair when it's wet
Quarterback—what you get for sending in two Rice Krispie box tops
and a marshmallow package label
Linebacker—a Detroit football fan
End—that which the players who block have the biggest
Pass—the thing a boy makes, hoping the girl will intercept
Safety—being holed up in your room during Nik Dag
Dan Brodin recorded the best home meet time of the season for
Bethel's cross country team touring the four mile Como Course in 23:28.
Phil James was next best at 24:05, and freshman Dave Peterson, although
out for less than half the season, posted an amazing 24:12.
Going into the final two weeks of the Intramural season Off Cam-pus
I remains on top with a record of 6-1. The race could end in a three-way
tie if Second Old defeats Off Campus I and Third Old, and if both
Off Campus units are victorious over First Floor. The way intramural
action has been going, anything can, and probably will happen.
GRID PIX
A successful forecast last week of 8-4-1 upped the total to 46-26-4.
The trend has been alternately good then bad, so this week I'll be trying
to beat the jinx in picking:
Los Angeles over Atlanta Buffalo over Cincinnati
St. Louis over Boston Pittsburgh over New York Jets
Detroit over New Orleans Oakland over Cleveland
Kansas City over Houston San Francisco over Chicago
Miami over Philadelphia Denver over San Diego
Minnesota over Washington Baltimore over Green Bay
Dallas over New York Giants
Royal gridders lose to NW 33-7;
Face Dakota Wesleyan in final
by Ron Bloomberg and 27 yards through the air for
Th eBethel Royals traveled to a total of 71 yards.
Orange City, Iowa, for a gridiron Offensively, the Royals rushed
contests with Northwestern Col- well, gathering 135 yards to North-lege
on Saturday, Oct. 31. The de- western's 196. Passing was the dif-fensive
secondary had difficulty ference, though, as Bethel's Dave
defending against superb passing Pearson completed passes for 67
by Northwestern quart erback yards compare dto 176 yards for
Steve Krull as he directed the Red the Red Raiders. The Royals reg-
Raiders for 33 points. istered a total of 202 cumulative
Bethel scored their only touch- yards for 15 first downs, while
down on a 1 yard burst by fresh- Northwestern gained 372 yards and
man halfback Mark Wood. Robin converted 17 times for first down
Robinson again led the Royals in yardage.
total yardage gained for the second The Royals travel to Mitchell,
straight week with a 96 yard ac- South Dakota, on November 7 for
cumulation. Mark Wood followed a meeting with Dakota Wesleyan
Robinson with 44 yards rushing in the season finale.
- lattaefraeta&-
Last Saturday's showdown be- overtime victory over Faculty.
tween Off Campus I and Off Cam- Kevin Bishop caught the winning
pus II proved to be just that—a pass i nthe overtime on a bomb
showdown. At times, however, it from Loren Friesen.
was hard to tell who the show- In other games Second New
down as between; the teams, or beat Pit without even showing up,
the teams and the referees. When and First Floor edged New Dorm
the game ended, with the argu- in another hard-fought, forfeit
ments settled (?) and possibly a win.
record number of penalties as-sessed,
Off Campus I emerged the STANDINGS W L pf pa
victor by a score of 6-0. 1. Off Campus I _ 6 1 80 19
Third Old stunned faltering 2. Off Campus II ____ 5 2 43 19
Third New 12-0 behind the excel- 3. Second Old 5 2 78 33
lent running of quarterback Dean 4. Third Old 4 3 20 44
Erickson. Erickson scored the first 5. Second New 4 3 15 19
Third Old touchdown on an inter- 6. Third New 4 3 23 45
ception and passed to Len Carl- 7. First Floor 3 4 32 34
son for the other. 8. New Dorm 2 5 20 53
Second Old remained tied for 9. Faculty 2 5 14 28
second place with a narrow 7-6 10. Pit 0 7 0 38

Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.

Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu.

1111111/.
•E
Vol. XLVI — No. 8 Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota Fr iday, November 6, 1970
Pete Wicklund could not escape these two Bethel co-eds
. . . sorry girls, you've got to wait for the dog to bark.
Nik Dag will provide
dates for men--free!
Three interim tours are
canceled; lack interest
by Dave
Three of the five scheduled In-terim
tours have been canceled
because of too few registrations.
The Mexican Caravan, the Early
American Music and History Tour,
and the Study Tour in American
Government and Politics are all
off. Only the Holy Land Seminar
and the Dealienization Trip to
Mexico will go.
The Mexican Caravan would
have cost students $500 and re-quired
one year of college Span-ish
or two years of high school
Spanish. This tour was to have
been run in cooperation with Mac-alester
College, but neither school
could come up with enough stu-dents.
The Early American Music and,
History Tour to the New England
area listed costs from $300-$500.
More than twenty students were
needed. Only about half this num-ber
signed up.
The Study Tour in American
Government and Politics to Wash-ington,
D.C., would have cost be-tween
$200 and $250. A college
course in American government or
consent of the instructor was nec-essary
for enrollment. Less than
half of the necessary fifteen reg-istrations
were received.
All three of these canceled tours
were troubled by insufficient reg-istrations
which made it impos-z
sible to qualify for group trans-portation
and hotel rates, and
would have forced the accompany-ing
faculty member in each case
to pay his own way.
The two remaining tours will
proceed with only the bare mini-mum
of students. The Holy Land
Three hundred fifty three stu-dents
voted in Bethel's recent el-ection
for student senators. The
heaviest voting was in the fresh-man
class with 173 out of 410
freshmen voting, or 42% of the
class; 93 out of 256 sophomores
voted, or 36%; 51 out of 199 jun-iors
voted, or 26%; and only 36
seniors out of 217 in the senior
class voted, only 17% of that class.
The overall percentage of the stu-dent
body voting was 33% (353
out of 1082).
The new senators are:
freshmen:
Mark Wood
Louise Peterson
Ralph Gustafson
Nancy Mauer
Peter Varros
David Blake
sophomores:
Anne Dalton
Dick Henry
juniors:
Tom Billingmeier
seniors:
Linda Miller
(Rich Swanson, Dale Berry and
Doug Erickson — all write-ins
were tied)
Healy
Tour has about fifteen students
registered. Dr. Al Glenn, the in-structor
scheduled to accompany
this trip, will not go. The tour will
be undertaken in conjunction with
North Central Bible College.
The Dealienization Trip to Mex-ico
is being retained because it
will not depend on public trans-portation
and housing. Instead,
students will drive cars and stay
in homes.
Phil Carlson, Director of Inter-im,
said that most students who
were signed up for tours that were
cancelled received their second
choice of courses and that only a
few had to accept their third
choice.
Carlson also mentioned that
other schools are experiencing dif-ficulty
in carrying through on
their tours. "The economic situa-tion
of the country is affecting
schools everywhere," he said.
Carlson sees two possible meas-ures
as being beneficial to the sit-uation.
First, he feels Bethel can
make use of some commercial ag-encies,
such as the International
Travel Council and the American
Institute for Foreign Study in
planning their tours in the fu-ture.
These organizations special-ize
in bringing schools together
for special tours.
Second, Carlson suggests run-ning
some trips during alternate
years. "The Holy Land Seminar is
a good example," he says. "Last
year we had a good group. This
year we barely made it." He feels
that if we had waited a year be-fore
offering this tour again„ re-sponse
might have been better.
Senators at Large:
Jon Peterson
Norma Wilcox
James Feldman
Barb Thimsen
Less than thirty percent of the
student body decided the results
of the two constitutional referen-dums.
The voting on the two is-sues,
however, proved to be over-whelming
in favor of their appro-val.
The issues and vote margins
were:
Appointed officers of the
Student Association should be
required to maintain at least
a 2.0 grade point average. This
would include editors, Student
Association Treasurer, a n d
Secretary. (This has not been
required in the past by the
Student Association Constitu-tion.)
Yes 240 No 55
The Vice President of the
Student Association should be
the presiding officer of the
Student Senate. (This was not
previously among his duties.)
Yes 222 No 84
by Pat
The fist heat is over and after
a short rest, the Bethel debaters,
under the direction of Coach Marge
Erickson, are on their way to more
`dragon-killing.' This weekend, No-vember
6-7, the team will travel
to Vermillion South Dakota to a
tournament at the University of
South Dakota. It will be the second
the first being a Twin Cities
Tournament November 4) of a full
calendar of competition before the
Thanksgiving break. The team will
also travel to tournaments at Man-kato
November 13-14 and Bradley
November 20-21 with a Twin City
Tournament in between on the
16th.
The team is composed of 10
members, Julie Palen, Dan Nelson,
Rob Robinson, Dave Peterson, Al-lie
Jo Moore, Paul Loth, Debbie
Omanson, Al Cooper, Carol Shim-min
and John Eklund. Five are
`novice' — have never debated be-fore
this year—and five are more
experienced.
So far the team has attended
four tournaments. The first was
October 3 in Whitewater Wisconsin
where Bethel had two varsity
teams in competition. Dan Nelson
and Julie Palen placed sixth out
of 42 teams with a 3-1 record in
the rounds. In the novice division,
Carol Shimmin and John Eklund
placed fourteenth out of 36 teams.
Al Cooper, Rob Robinson and Dave
Peterson, who had never before
debated and weren't too sure of
what was pulling off, also travelled
to Whitewater as one team, alter-nating
in the rounds. They re-turned
with a 1-3 record for the
day.
October 9-10 the team travelled
to Sioux Falls South Dakota where
Bethel had two undefeated teams,
Dave Peterson and Allie Jo Moore
and Dan Nelson and Rob Robinson.
Of the nine schools there, only
Bethel and Augustana had unde-feated
teams.
In the Twin Cities Tournament
day, though. When the dog barks
sometime during the week of No-vember
9-13 Bethel women will
be searching out guys. All asking
to Nik Dag this year will be done
personally. Sorry girls—no tele-phone
calls or notes in P.O.'s.
When a girl asks a guy she will
"tag her deer" with an armband.
He is to wear this armband until
Friday. Each guy must go with
the first girl that asks him or not
go at all.
Girls who stay with the group
on Friday will have their hours ex-tended
until 2:30 a.m.
Chairman of the Nik Dag com-mittee,
Pat Chase, has been as-sisted
by Betty Creighton and Jan
Swanson.
Faxon
October 20 Debbie Omanson and
Allie Jo Moore placed third with
a 3-0 record.
In speaking with Coach Marge
Erickson she said that Bethel, who
had always been considered a
"weaker sister" school in the field
of debate, was this year receiving
some very favorable comments
about their team. "I'm very leased
with what we've done so far," she
stated.
When asked to comment about
this year's debate topic, 'Resolved:
That the Federal Government
should adopt a program of Com-pulsory
Wage and Price Controls,'
Mrs. Erickson said that probably
the most outstanding thing about
the topic is that it's suc ha cur-rent
issue." She suggests that each
of the debators take ten minutes
out of each day to read the Wall
Street Journal. "You get up to
debate on November 2, and the
opposing team very often quotes
from that day's paper. If you
haven't read it you're left with
your mouth hanging open."
Mrs. Erickson predicts that the
arguments of the debate topic will
soon center around the problem of
specific programs for and the
basis of control. "There's no refut-ing
that we're faced with infla-tion,"
she said, "The affirmative
teams will be forced to narrow
down their field of approach and to
develope a specific program or
area of control to deal with."
"The teams will have to start
digging into the ideas involved in
this issue. Statistics are not good
material. You can find a set of
statistics to match anything you
want to say. I'd like to see the
teams approach the argument from
the angle of 'is price control the
answer?' in the future tourna-ments."
So far this year's topic according
to Mrs. Erickson, has really been
exciting all the information is so
current that it's almost like being
on a Congressional Committee."
John Peterson, Elden Elseth, Peter Varros, Nancy Mey-er
and Louise Peterson wait while Elden passes the orange juice
at the breakfast for new senators.
Thirty-three percent of
students decide election
by Sharon Watson
Does Friday, the 13th, always
bring bad luck? This November it
brings Nik Dag, informality and
fun.
Nik Dag week-end begins Friday
evening at 8:00 with a pops con-cert.
"Bandstand, U.S.A." will be
presented by Julius Whitinger's
band. Following this buses will
transport the Nik Dag couples to
the Spring Lake Park Roller Rink
for an evening on wheels. After
skating the bruised, tired, blister-ed,
famished couples will continue
on to Uncle John's Pancake House.
Saturday evening is open. Girls
are encouraged to be creative in
providing a fun time for their
dates.
Nik Dag fun starts before Fri-
Debate team considers
wage and price controls
Bethel alumnus, Otto, to speak
on folk rock in convocation
Dr. Robert Otto
Dr. Robert Otto will speak in
convocation Wednesday, Nov. 11.
His topic is "Those Singing
Stones."
"If the disciples, the most likely
proclaimers are silent, the stones,
the most unlikely ones, will speak.
The Word of God is set loose in
the world and may sound off from
any quarter—folk rock as well as
Bach and Fanny," Otto states. "Tis
our calling to recognize the
World's presence. At any rate, if
the Sanctuary isn't wired up, Folk-
Rock will make a noise for the
Lord."
Otto is a Bethel College and
Seminary graduate, holds a mas-ters
in philosophy from the U of
Minnesota and a Th. D. from the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem-inary.
Otto was an instructor in phil-osophy
and Greek at Bethel from
1948-52. He was a Teaching Fel-low
in philosophy at Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary from
1953-1956. He is currently Dean
of the Chapel and chairman of the
Philosophy Department at Mercer
University.
Ron Troxel, Mark Kingsbeck, Elden Elseth, and Doug
Erickson, WBCS, host a panel discussion for Bethel publication
editors.
Application deadline for Clarion
editor position is November 12
Interested students are remind- cum open to editor of the publi-ed
that the deadline for applica- cations.
tion to any one of the three ap- Students are advised that all of
pointed Clarion editorial positions, these positions require the full at-editor
in chief, copy editor and tention of the appointee. Accord-production
editor, is November 12. ing to Pat Faxon, present editor
Applicants must submit a written in chief of the Clarion, "It is diffi-statement
of their proposed ob- cult to hold any of these positions
ectives and editorial policies to half-heartedly."
Elden Elseth and will be inter-viewed
by members of the Com-munications
Board after the 12th.
To qualify students must have a
cumulative 2.0 grade point aver-age
and carry a 12 credit load
during his term as editor.
The three positions include sti-pends
provided through Student
Association funds. The stipends
are $650 per semester for the edi-tor
in chief and $250 per semester
for each of the copy and produc-tion
editor positions.
Along with the position of edi-tor
in chief goes the opportunity
to earn three credits through the
course called Journalism Practi-the
CLARION nation periods, by the students of Bethel
Published weekly during the academic College, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-year,
except during vacation and exami- scription rate $4 per year
Editor in chief Pat Faxon
Copy Editor Marge Rusche
Production Editor Jack Priggen
Fine Arts Editor Sam Griffith
Sports Editor Rich Zaderaka
Proofreader Faye Kulbitski
Cartoonist Dean Lindberg
Photo Editor Bob Miko
Photographer Jim Amelsberg
Reporters Dave Healy, Wendell Whalin, Joey Healy, Peter Varros,
Bill Ankerberg, Cindy Rostollan, Dave Greener,
Marge Anderson, Rick Johnson, Cris Pincombe,
John Larson, Sam Griffith, Sharon Watson
Business Manager Dave Waite
Editorial Board Pat Faxon, Sam Griffith, Dave Healy
Bob Miko, John Moore, Jack Priggen, Marjorie Rusche
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not necessarily reflect the position of
the college or seminary.
ebaint goto
Pastor Maurice C. Lawson
The week will begin with a ser-vice
of song planned by Oliver
Mogck. On Tuesday a group of
Augsburg College students will
sing and bear witness to their
faith. On Wednesday Pastor Law-son
will bring a portrait of Christ,
"Come Apart or Fall Apart," and
Dan Wickman will bring special
numbers in song. A youth leader
from Sweden, Pastor Lonn, will
speak on Thursday. On Friday
Pastor Leonard Carroll of the
Trinity Baptist Church will speak.
page 2 the CLARION Friday, November 6, 1970
Clarion photographer travels,
interacts with Soccer Club
by Bob Miko
During this past week I had the privilege of being able to be with the Bethel Soccer Club for their last
since I had never played or seen soccer before, 'cept when I was a kid.
two games of the season. My role was to photograph the club in action. I was really looking forward to this
The first of these two games was with Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
So loading up my camera I was off to Augsburg to meet the club. Following my instructions I arrived
at Augsburg with time to spare. Now to find the field. No one knew where it was. Finally I found the field,
but no team. Undaunted I strove forward. At the athletic office I soon found out that the game was at Fort
Snelling, fifteen miles away.
With a little effort I found the Fort Snelling field . . . empty.
Now with frustration mounting, I made my way to the phone booth and called our athletic dept. to see
if they knew where the game was. While they were trying to find someone who knew, the police officer was
trying to write me a ticket, for parking in the yellow zone. Carrying on two conversations at once I was able
to get the name of some park and convince the officer I wasn't trying to bomb the place and I would move
my car immediately.
Moving down the road to take out my trusty map, I couldn't find the park listed anywhere.
Very, very calmly I tried not to remember last week when I tried to find the other soccer game with
the International team, they didn't show up at the field where I wasn't.
Heading back home passing through beautiful Minnehaha Park I spied a soccer game . . _. could this be
it!!!??? Yes, it was! With joy I bounded from my car camera in hand . . . only to see the ref blow his whistle
to end the first half. I found out later that I was lucky, the cheer leaders and other fans never found the place.
The second game, determined that this would not happen again, I took part of the team with me to Man-kato.
The game went off as scheduled.
During the time I spent with the team I was able to get to know and see the club in action. The following
was a conversation I had with Joel Goff, the team captain.
Me: How do you think the club fared this past year?
Joel: We did very good for a club, when one considers all the hassles that we went through.
Me: Hassles? What kind of problems did you face that say, any team doesn't face?
Joel: Well, we had all kinds of problems with the locker room. Sometimes we would get back from a
game and find the place locked, some of the time we couldn't get balls. There was just poor communications
in general all the way down the line, (Athletic Dept.—coach—captain—team—fans). Last week's game, for in-stance,
the place we were to play was changed three times before the game, one of these changes occurred
an hour before we were to play. The Cheerleaders ended up on the wrong field and the photographer missed
the first half.
Me: Uha, right. Well, how can these problems be solved. It does make the sport a little rougher to play
with all this going on?
Joel: I think that making us a varsity sport would eliminate almost all of the problems, teams couldn't
cancel out at the last minute, like the International team did; there wouldn't be the feeling of playing "mu-sical
fields." In general we would be more professional, run like a sport, instead of this messing around. Right
now the players take on a lot of responsibility that a coach would take care of. We have a coach now, but not
full time. The team is very lax, not everyone shows for practice, these kind of things separate a good team
from an excellent team.
Also we would get the double portion of meat that was promised to us but never materialized. (Right now
the cross country and the football teams get extra meat because they need it.)
Me: Is there anything else that would happen if you became a varsity sport?
Joel: Yes, many more. We would get letters, right now we get a piece of paper saying we participated in
a club; we'd be eligible to receive scholarships; and perhaps the biggest, we would be recognized by other
schools. Last year we beat the U, but since we were just a club they didn't have to record it but when we
got beat this year, they recorded it.
Me: How would Bethel be served if soccer became a varsity sport?
Joel: Bethel could be the best soccer team in the nation. All they would have to do is to use the resources
that are available to it such as the missionary kids, we could have first pick of the best soccer players in the
world. Westmont and Wheaton are execellent examples of this. Bethel could get lots of publicity, and so
the school would grow. Already Bethel is talked about but just as a club and so is not taken seriously. We
have in soccer the talent, desire and the means of becoming a winning soccer school.
We have in soccer the talent, desire and the means of becoming a winning soccer school.
Me: What steps have been taken to make soccer a varsity sport?
Joel: In six hours, I alone was able to get 480 students to sign a petition in favor of making soccer a
sport. The student senate has taken action to make soccer a varsity sport. The Athletic Committee has taken
action to make us a varsity sport. It seems like every one is in favor of us becoming a varsity sport.
Me: Well, how come you're not?
Joel: Money.
Me: How has soccer been financed up until now?
Joel: By a private donation, that expired last year.
Me: Wasn't that donation with the stipulation that soccer be made a varsity sport after two years? And
those two years ended with the begining of this year?
Joel: Yes. Right now the money is coming from unbudgeted funds from the school.
Me: Since soccer isn't a varsity sport this year, should we give the money back?
Joel: Umm, good point . . . .
Me: Reading over the minutes from the last senate meeting, October 19th, it says that you can't become a
varsity sport until you receive budgeted money. It sounds like semantics to me.
I also read in the fall sport at Bethel broucher put out by the athletic department that soccer is in fact
a varsity sport at Bethel, how does the team react to this?
Joel: It looks to me that the school is looking at us as a varsity sport on one hand, as far as publicity
goes . . . but when it comes down to it we're just a club.
Basicly what we want in becoming a varsity sport is to be able to compete with other teams on an equal
level, a full time coach, to help guide us in the ways of the sport, and letters to show something for our work.
In general that Bethel can produce a winning team.
After I had concluded my interview with Joel, I wondered what the president of the student senate had to
say on this issue, since it was given to the senate with the idea that they could take some action on it.
The following is that interview with Elden Elseth.
Me: Elden, I have just talked with Joel about soccer and it seems that there has been some problems
involved with the soccer team. He tells me that the problems could be practically eliminated by soccer be-coming
a varsity sport. What has the senate done to make soccer a varsity sport?
Elden: The student body is in favor of making soccer a varsity sport, and the senate has reflected this
view by passing several resolutions to make soccer a varsity sport. The most recent was a unanimous decision.
Me: What has happened to these "unanimous resolutions"?
Elden: The last one was read to Dean Olson and he was invited to a meeting where soccer was discussed.
Anne Dalton and myself have approached several members in the college administration, President Lundquist,
continued on page 6
The Foundations play for Catacombs service ...
students join singing
Friday, November 6, 1970 the CLARION page 3
Catacombs - a Sunday sevice Growing third parties
without the ridginess of pews seek honest politics
by John Moore
It appears as if the U.S. is going through a transition of discontent
with its unique political system. Today more and more voters are turn-ing
independent, not necessarily to vote for third party candidates, but
simply because they choose not to be affiliated with either the Repub-lican
or the Democratic Party. The reason for such behavior is perhaps
due to the disgust with the noncommittal behavior and frequent pro-crastination
of either of the two party representatives.
Being a third party representative and supporter, though, requires
a certain degree of daring. One must honestly stick his neck out on such
issues as civil rights, pollution, the economy and the war. Certainly no
"Middle of the Roader" or insincere professional politician would chance
the relinquishment of his well paid position by earnestly seeking the
solutions of the above and other problems. Today the Anti-hero is hon-ored,
the Revolutionary is placed upon a pedestal and the Independent
Liberal reigns supreme above both as the epitome of independent thought
and action.
What purpose do third parties achieve? Are they simply an outlet
for independent political expression, something to fall back on? Are
they the proverbial "thorn in the side" of stalwart politicians, and is
their purpose that of keeping stagnant Representatives on their toes
and wary of harmful outside forces? Or are third parties becoming as
much of an American institution as the G.O.P. and D.F.L., out of the
necessity to make more and different voices heard in the political arena
and finally within the community? I strongly believe in the third point.
Most third party representatives are earnestly seeking a more hon-est
approach to politics. Though it is true they promote their own views,
which are often held in the minority, the simple fact that they bring
them out in the open is in itself a key factor in the success of a truly
democratic society. All views must be considered before one can be fin-ally
arrived at, as the one the majority wants.
Such third or shall we say independent party fervor can be carried
to grotesque extremes. My case in point is the little town of Aspen, Col-orado,
ski capital of the west (as some would have it). Aspen only ten
years ago was a small quiet mountain town, its economy stable and its
people content in their solitude. Its town council was more of a social
gathering filled with conservative non-progressives.
Today Aspen is in a dilemma, the ski industry with all of its suc-cess
and publicity has taken over. Occurring in the town now is the
conflict of interests between those who would return to the long lost
days of individualism and peace or something near to it, and those who
are for total economic expansion and exploitation. Out of this mire has
evolved a third force to be reckoned with, "Freak Power." It is led by
Hunter S. Thompson whose notable qualifications are writing a book,
The Hell's Angels and acting co-author of the 'Aspen Wall Poster', a
radical publication with a poster on one side and political propaganda
on the other. Thompson is running for county sheriff against two other
opponents, a Republican and the incumbent, a Democrat. Some of
Thompson's ideas for reform are to rename Aspen "fat city," rip up the
roads and plant sod, set up stocks to punish dishonest drug dealers, take
away the guns of the sheriff's deputies and to hinder and harass real
estate and business interests which exploit the land. Thompson's big-gest
goal is to press as much legal action as possible against "Land rap-ers
and others capitalizing on the name Aspen."
All this is laughable except for one pertinent fact—that of candidate
support. Since the primary elections of this past September, 739 new
voters have registered, most of them as independents. There are now
a total of 920 Democrats, 1,102 Republicans and 1,661 Independents. It
will be interesting to see the outcome of the election.
It will be even more interesting to see a greater quantity of voices
heard from independent factions across the country. Of course one de-mands
much more responsible political behavior than that discussed
above, (and no doubt the above is an exception). A governmental system
such as ours must be a fertile growing ground for new ideas and it must
not stifle the expression of these ideas whether they be in politics or
in any other medium of expression.
Bethel Forum
by Cris Pincombe
A catacomb is an underground
cemetery. Some consist of long
tunnels and rooms with recesses
dug out for coffins and tombs. It
was these catacombs that the
early Christians used to pray and
worship in during the great Christ-ian
persecutions in the Roman
Empire.
At Bethel, our catacomb is the
Edgren basement. Here, students
gather each Sunday night from
10:00 to 10:45 p.m. in a quiet
candlelight atmosphere to sing,
share and pray in an informal
manner.
Until the fall of 1968, regular
church evening services for Bethel
students were held by the campus
Pastor in the gymnasium at 7:30
p.m. Sunday evenings. These serv-ices
began to be questioned when
the attendance became so low that
it became impractical to continue
them. Several reasons can ac-count
for this. For some the
formality and the ritual of church-going
became a habit they wished
to discontinue. Others wanted to
attend other church services in
the Twin Cities area. There are
those who prefer to use Sunday
evenings for studying, socializing,
or watching television. Therefore
the idea of "Catacombs" emerged
in place of a evening church serv-ice
at Bethel.
It was in the fall of 1968 that
several students and Pastor Law-son
planned to try something new
and different from the typical
evening service. The service would
be so informal that hardly anyone
could call it a service. First of all,
it would begin at 10:00 p.m. in-stead
of 7:30 p.m. thus giving the
students opportunity to study,
socialize, watch "Mission Impos-sible"
on television and go to any
evening service. There would be
no ridginess of pews; for every-one
would sit on the carpets. And
candlelight would be the only
source of light as in the days of
the early Christians. Instead of
the regular format of service,
students would become partici-
In attending the annual nation-al
meeting of the Society of Bibli-cal
Literature in New York Octo-ber
24-28, Dr. Robert Stein read a
paper he had prepared on dealing
with the Markan text. It was the
first time that a Bethel professor
has presented his work before the
national convention of this schol-arly
society. "I was a little fright-ened,"
he related. "It's the first
time I've done something like this.
I was the first one on the task
force to read a paper and wasn't
too sure of the proper procedure."
Recently Stein, who called him-self
"young and foolish at the
time" was appointed to a newly
formed task force of the Society
and at its formation volunteered
to prepare a paper to present to
the committee. The task force is
examining the text of the Gospel
of Mark which is an area somewhat
familiar to Stein since he did his
doctoral dissertation on it. Upon
the completion of the paper he
submitted it to the committee
chairman and was asked to present
to the task force what he had
written. He was among three who
had prepared papers for he meet-ing.
The papers were read and
discussed. According to Stein. his
article will be published in a Dutch
journal in the future.
The title of the paper he pre-sented
is "The Proper Methodology
for Ascertaining a Markan Redac-pants
in the service through spon
taneous sharing and prayer. Some-times
different speakers would
come in and speak for 10 or 15
minutes. Other times faculty would
share themselves and their faith in
an informal way. One student men-tioned
that she especially liked this
because it made her look at her
professors as individual persons.
All this has been happening
since 1968 and has been continu-tion
History." When saked what it
was about, Stein grinned rather
sheepishly and said, "Well, it's
pretty technical. Sometimes these
things get to be sort of a hobby
with scholars." The task force is
examining the text of Mark to dis-cover
the author's peculiar pur-pose
in writing the Gospel of St.
Mark. According to Stein, since
Mark is considered the first Gospel
written and Matthew and Luke use
Mark's Gdspel as a point of refer-ence,
it is of particular interest to
discover what purpose Mark had
in mind when he wrote the book—
what unique emphasis he used and
why. This can be done to some ex-tent
through an examination of the
way in which the narrative of the
events of Christ's life are arrang-ed,
the way the material is put to-gether
and the particular organ-ization
that it has. According to
Stein there is needed a solid meth-odology
for this process otherwise
the researcher is left with only his
imagination, which at times can
get off in left field so to speak.
Stein felt that his paper was
fairly well accepted. He said he
thought since he was the first to
read a paper that the task force
was perhaps waiting to hear the
following two papers which were
a little more controversial.
Accompanying Stein on the trip
to New York was Dr. Walter Wes-sel.
Stein stated that the purpose
ing to grow. The past two years
catacombs was held in the base-ment
of the Seminary Building
Rm. 103 till it became so cramped
that it is now held in the Edgren
basement. Each year more carpets
have to be purchased. Now the av-erage
attendance is around 150
students. So if this is something
you've been looking for in a
church service that's not a service;
why not come and try it out.
of the society and the task force
was to create a school of study
that would be more meaningful
through work together than by in-dividual
work.
To the editor,
"I always give thanks to God for
you because of the grace He has
given you through Christ Jesus. . .
For in union with Christ 3 ou have
become rich in all things, includ-ing
all speech and all knowledge.
(We are nothing without God but
hot air.) I appeal to you, brothers,
by the authority of our Lord Jesus
Christ: agree, all of you, in what
you say, so there will be no divi-sions
among you; be completely
united, with only one thought and
one purpose."
I have often wondered why
Bethel as a community seems quite
impersonal to many and why such
a large number of Christian broth-ers
and sisters are so ineffective
and so lacking in their love for
one another. Now I think it is be-cause
we are not of one thought
nor one purpose.
Each of us, when we stop and
think about it, are we really doing
everything for God's glory—be-cause
we have heard Him say to
us, do this? One thing we need to
remember is that each of us are
responsible ultimately to God. I
liked it better when Doctor Bob
said in Chapel, "We are not doing
our own thing, but His thing. That
Paul was not talking about legal-ism
as a guideline but a means of
getting right with God. "Is it real-ly
so wrong to have a few stand-ards?
Sometimes I think our gen-eration
goes so far in trying to
love the world that that is what
they end up doing, loving the
world but not necessarily the peo-ple
in it. If we really loved them
don't you think we would share
Christ's love with them and for-get
your biased opinions? Would
we not pray for them, even if they
didn't pray for us? I hate war,
too, but do I have the authority
to call another man a murderer?
Christ tried to stop killing and in-justice
in His day by sharing o
the love and grace of God, not by
standing and yelling at others
about his opinion of their organ-ization
which killed and abused
people.
Many are probably like me when
it comes to our black students. or
our married students, or our inter-national
students, etc. We are not
the ultra extroverts. Maybe I am
just too afraid to open up to peo-ple.
Maybe I like others to be the
ones to show their interest first.
I'm sure I have some prejudice (it
is more like selectivism)—but it's
not because of race or status. I
really do want to get to know all
of you as persons. I'm sure I could
learn many things from you—but
I must change and so must you—
otherwise I'll never be able to
break into your groups. Well, I'll
stop rambling on. I do pray for all
of us here at Bethel and in my own
simple way reach out to all of you
in love.
Kathe Gowdy '71
Dr. Robert Stein presents paper on text of Mark
YOU ARE WELCOME AT
eaeciatv voteat e6ete%
2120 N. Lexington, St. Paul
PASTORS — Robert Frykholm
Leroy Nelson
—Services at 8:30, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
—`Faith Lab' class at 9:45 a.m. —3 discussion choices
The Spirit and the Christian
Jesus and the future
Famine and plenty: Amos
— Bill Youngblood & Fred Sweet - leaders
—Bible discussion on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. —small groups
—Transportation leaves Campus Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
TES-PH-I by John Larson
The Christian does not need to introspect. In fact, he is better off
not to. Most of us have been led to believe that introspection is essential
in our constant struggle to bring Christian truths alive within us. This
misunderstanding has contributed greatly to our hollow Christianity
and our unexplained depressions. We have been told "examine yourself"
and "work out your own salvation" until we actually think we have the
ability within ourselves to bring Jesus alive. We've been sold a bill of
goods.
"Man has not the eyes to see his own heart." We are not equipped
to measure our spirituality (if such a thing were measurable). Our own
minds were made to think; they were not made to determine the cause
of thought. That process is beyond us, as is the process of God's growth.
Our minds do not comprehend God without, what makes us think we
are capable to see the God within? Eyes that try to see themselves be-come
crossed. Eyes just aren't made to see themselves. Our mind is much
the same. When we turn it inward upon itself we view a distorted
world, for all we see is ourselves.
Our minds are not made to dissect and control spiritual forces. Yet
most of us feel we must interpret the Lord's conviction. We don't real-ize
that God's revelation to our lives is not to be explained or even un-derstood,
but obeyed. When we obey, He does the changing.
Introspection is to doubt God's ability to carry on His work. Please
Father, we'd rather do it ourselves! And so we take it upon ourselves
to live the Christian life. We question ourselves and analyze our mo-tives
deciding what we think should be done. In this way, our prayers,
our loving smiles, our concern for others, and our enthusiasm for Jesus
is grounded not in God's Holy Spirit but in our heads. And all our ac-tivity
stunts our growth because it's ours, not God's. How can God ever
work in us when we keep digging up His seed to see if it's still growing?
Introspection is lack of faith that the Holy Spirit will give us revela-tion
and guidance. It is not our job to keep us in the right with Jesus.
It works better when we trust Him through the Spirit to expose what
He wants, in His time. We are healthier when we are content to know
nothing about our spiritual state but what He incidentally tells us. We
are growing when we are satisfied as servants to do only what He tell
us. For He will always give us the cure, not just the diagnosis!
national student organization dedi-cated
to a 'better world.' CIRUNA
is attempting to involve students
in the political process via sympo-siums,
campus-community dia-logues,
Model U.N.'s, and mass or-ganization."
Membership in CIRUNA is open
to student organizations concerned
with international relations and UN
affairs. Chapter membership is $15
per year; or anyone interested in
international affairs can get a stu-dent
membership for $2 per year.
Benefits include information on is-sues
before the U.N. and its coun-cils,
a subscription to VISTA, the
U.N.A. magazine, newsletters and
much more.
Lord Caradon, head of the Unit-ed
Kingdom delegation to the U.N.,
was one of the speakers we heard
last June. His point was this: "To
day's apathy may be worse than
antipathy towards international
problems .. . The new generation
is our only hope . . . we cannot
continue to live on little islands
of affluence amid the seas of the
world of poverty and dread. Delay
is the greatest evil of all, and
waiting has cost more lives and
money than all else."
A member of the Committee for
Economic Development, Mr. Bur-witz,
amplified this thought. "It's
not a bad idea," he suggested, "to
set right the problems at home
before trying to do just that for
other countries."
CIRUNA has its work cut out for
it .. . and for us.
Petition seeks balanced
language requirement
Currently a group of five stu-dents
are circulating a petition
which will if acted upon, allevi-ate
the language requirement for
all upper classmen. Freshmen
coming in next year will not have
to face two years of language for
basic graduation requirements due
to the recent decision of the Fac-ulty.
Yet most upper classmen still
have this fact to contend with.
To the five who wrote the peti-tion
and to many other students
the language requirement affair
seems out of balance. They see no
concrete reasons which would jus-tify
their taking a language for
two years and next year's students
not doing so, simply because they
happen to have entered Bethel a
year or two sooner.
A total of 675 students have sign-ed
the petition so far. It was noted
that many of those signers were
students who have already com-pleted
their two required years of
language study. The petition does
have support from a few faculty
members.
The proper channel for the peti-tion
now, is to be presented to the
Faculty at a Curriculum Commit-tee
meeting to be voted upon. It
will then be presented on behalf
of the students to the Education
Policies Committee.
It is apparent that most of Beth-el's
students desire the benefits o:
the prospective change. More sig-natures
are being sought and if
any one who has not, and wishes
to sign the petition, may speak
to either Jack Parker, Joe Lewis,
Larry Ostrom or Bo Conrad. The
petitioners feel that the petition
should have wide student support
and not a small group supported
endeavor.
the Amazing Adventures of T. T. Trend
b
Pt /*ILEA
nypAPpi" esE Ens
LmE rfiE
ANSO ek 006•0.
Alaid fo "Gird jyE
Pi- Y.
1HitilloN6 CAP IMIPED ME
ArrIvE 41 A Plet HOD Tortmx„!
1) Y51- 604tertf
-tica 05/
17Ctre"L 121-41122- '
141‘tt
FLY PAPtik ANA &SPLIT'
NOTE;
spEctA
CA5r
coptrAw
FIYMPEX
S. C. C.
D. C.
f sr
6RAORED fkir ,
if C 8164.ER poliv roo
fr(
IHE
Page 4 the CLARION
Friday, November 6, 1970
CIRUNA offers international
understanding in model UN
by Joey Healy
With a name like CIRUNA, an
organization already has some-thing
going for it. It so happens
that CIRUNA has a lot more to
offer besides its name, which
stands for the Council on Interna-tional
Relations and United Na-tions
Affairs.
So what's all that about? Basic-ally,
this is a national student or-ganization
which strives for intel-ligent
public support for the Unit-ed
Nations, knowledgeable opin-ions
on issues of international con-cern,
and advancement of peace
based on justice and freedom.
Worthy goals, you will undoubted-ly
agree. However, this is not a
"yes-yes" set-up.
CIRUNA'S several programs in-clude
international travel pro-grams,
UNESCO fund drives, cam-pus
formus on world affairs,
UNICEF greeting card sales, and
national symposiums on interna-tional
issues. Among additional as-pects,
three major programs are
of particular value.
One of these meetings is CIRU-NA's
Model United Nations pro-gram.
Students assume the roles
of delegates and debate issues con-fronting
the international commu-nity.
Through its Model U. N.
Council, CIRUNA offers assistance
in organizing and coordinating
these meetings. The Midwest Mod-el
United Nations will be held
February 24-27, 1971 at Wash-ington
University, St. Louis, Mis-souri.
Bethel will probably send
one or two delegates to this tenth
annual MUN.
A second important aspect of
CIRUNA is the United Nations.
Seminars, which include a tour of
U. N. Headquarters and addition-al
briefings.
The National Student Leader-ship
Institute on World Affairs is
possibly the most valuable pro-gram
of CIRUNA. Since CIRUNA
is the collegiate affiliate of the
U. N. Association of the U.S.A., it
is recognized by government offi-cials
as a vitally important organ-ization.
And officials have even
been known to listen to what CIR-UNA
has to say! This Institute
brings together college students
from all over North America for
discussions with U. N. Secretariat
personnel, diplomats, and U. S.
government officials. Special work-shops
deal with current interna-tional
issues, and techniques of in-ternational
education programming
are emphasized.
Last June, from the sixth to the
thirteenth, Rob Grabenkort and
Joey Healy attended the 25th an-nual
Institute at Mount Saint Vin-cent
College in New York. It was
quite an experience.
Rob has this reaction to that
week: "I see CIRUNA as a vital
contact for Bethel. With the excep-tion
of the Student Missionary
Project and IC3, Bethel has little
contact with other campuses and
I feel that CIRUNA would be a
wonderful experience for all stu-dents
involved. This spring while
attending the institute in New
York, I learned a great deal about
international affairs and about the
problems other students face on
secular campuses. CIRUNA is an
excellent way for Christians to be-come
involved in the world and its
problems."
John D. Leverett, currently Mid-west
Regional Director, says that
"CIRUNA offers to the small col-lege
campus an opportunity not
only to develop academic programs
but also to influence foreign poli-cy
through a strong and effective
Dean Lindberg
Friday, November 6, 1970 the CLARION Page 5 'Bandstand U.S.A' is theme
of Nov. 13 band Pops Concert
by Marjojrjie Rusche
"Bandstand U.S.A." is the theme
of the Bethel Band's Pops Con-cert.
The concert will be presented
November 13, Friday night, at 8 in
the fieldhouse. The fieldhouse will
be decorated in patriotic motif
(red, white, and blue) to resemble
a summer band park. Waitresses
will sell refreshments throughout
the concert to aid the atmosphere
of informality.
"The concert program is de-signed
for the listening pleasure
of the students," states Mr. Julius
Whitinger, director of the band.
"We hope that students will take
advantage of the Nik-Dag special
we're offering them—two tickets
for the price of $1.00." This spec-ial
rate is only for students that
buy tickets in advance. General
admission at the door will be
$1.00.
Proceeds from the concert are
split 50-50 between the band ane
the Bethel Women's Auxiliary, a
non-profit organization that sup-ports
and serves the college. The
band will apply money received
from the concert to defray expen-ses
for their tour to Colorado next
May.
The concert program, which will
be narrated by Gerry Healy, is:
Fanfare for Band, featuring her-ald
trumpets and composed by
Ralph Herman; Poet and Peasant,
a favorite American band overture
by Franz von Suppe; Three Trum-peters,
a brilliant trumpet trio
performed by Fred Brumm, Jim
Fulton, Dan Peterson and com-posed
by Glenn Bainum; Jalousie
(Jealousy), a modern arrangement
of an 1925 pop standard by Jacob
Gade.
Mosaico de Mexico, a suite for
symphonic band by George Gates,
consists of three sections. The
first, Alma Llanera, is a folk song
from Venezuela. The second part,
Azteca (Subo Subo) is an old Aztec
lament which originated from the
area which is now Mexico City.
The third, Huapango (De Vera-cruz)
is a folk dance form native
to the Veracruz region.
Next on the program are two
arrangements by Leroy Anderson,
a well-known "pop classic" com-poser,
The Typewriter and Sand-paper
Ballet. Holiday for Winds,
by Glenn Osser (a former ar-ranger
and composer for some of
the "big name" bands), features
the woodwind section. The last
number before intermission is
Broadway Curtain Time, by John
Krance, which is a medley of re-cent
broadway hits such as Hello
by Marjorie Rusche
She has utter absorption in her
music and thorough dedication to
her God. A contagious aliveness
sparkles from big blue eyes that
say "You know I care." Her near
professional piano playing has ac-companied
many a Bethel musi-cian.
Next Sunday afternoon, Novem-ber
8, Mrs. Bev Renick will pre-sent
her senior piano recital at
Trinity Baptist at 3. Assisting her
will be Gail Klemetti, Mrs. Helen
Lewis, Dr. Gordon Howell, and a
vocal ensemble.
"I feel extremely nervous when
I play," states Bev. "I, as a per-former,
have a tremendous obli-gation
to express the music the
way the composer wrote it, in spite
of my inadequacies. It's always a
great relief after I'm through
playing—but that's when I start
shaking, because all of the excite-ment
of the music hits me."
The notorious trombone section of the band practices
up for the pops concert.
Julius Whitinger and his band are hard at work. The
Pops Concert is next Friday, November 13.
Dolly, Mame, Once Upon a Time, Wickman, a Bethel alumnus, will
Hey Look Me Over, If He Walked perform with the band on this
into my Life, Put on a Happy number. The songs are Its a Gift
Face. to be Simple, The Dodger, Shall
After intermission, A Concert We Gather at the River, and Ching-
Digest, a musical satire for band A- Ring -Chaw. Following this is
and narrator composed by Bill Camptown Basses, a novelty on the
Laas, will be presented featuring folk tune Camptown Races by Ac-
Gerry Healy as narrator. Follow- ton Ostling featuring the base,
ing this novelty number is Old section.
American Songs, arranged by The finale for the concert will
Aaron Copland and adapted for be a Bandstand U.S.A. salute to
the band by Dave Hage, a senior America, which will consist of a
music major. Bass soloist Dan medley of patriotic songs.
Bev is a music education and
church music major. Her efforts at
musical expression started at the
tender age of six, when she would
plunk out "Jesus Loves Me" by
ear on the piano. Since then she
has accompanied in high school
and college, participated in many
music contests, and been accom-panist
for Women's Choir and Fes-tival
Choir.
"One of the highlights of my
college career has been being in
Women's Choir. The chance to
travel and know forty girls intim-ately
and to work with a director
like Mr. Mogck is fantastic. I've
really appreciated Mr. Mogck's
sensitivity to Christ, people, and
music. He's a tremendous inspira-tion
and example to the girls in
the choir." Two other faculty
members whom Bev feels have
been a tremendous help to her
musically are Dr. Gordon Howell
and C. Edward Thomas, her piano
instructors.
by Harold C.
Hi—I just thought I'd take a break from reading my Russian libro
(that's Spanish for book). While reading this libro (book) I thought .. .
why am I reading this book (libro)? The library is stacked with books
(libros)—each author thought he had something worthy to say—it was
even worth getting published! . . . But we can't read all those books
(libros). It wouldn't be very much fun to read all those books (libros).
It scares me to think that there are all those books (libros) in the
library—and here you are reading this stuff that I'm writing. I feel a
heavy burden upon my shoulders to tell you something important so
here is my hint to happiness for the week. . . .
To boys—if you have one sock that has lost its mate—and you
have another sock that has lost its mate—and they are different
colors . . . wear them when you wear high boots . . . if you have some
high boots . . . if you don't have some high boots—either get some
or give your socks away to someone who has high boots. Let's face
it, no one could be so cruel as to have those unwanted socks trapped
in a drawer when you could find a home for them on someone's feet
(someone who has high boots mind you).
Now to the girls��if you go out with a guy on a sleigh ride this
winter and you get cold—and you come inside and sit by a fire—
make sure you let your boy know that he can take off his boots and
warm up his feet . . . even if he has on two different colored socks.
ZEbeater Arbteiv
Play by Russian author
iss portrait ofr humanity
by Sam Griffith
Campland is a country not in geography books, history books, or in
psychology books. The existence of the inhabitants is such that they are
"jjust alive until you're dead." The Guthrie Theater production of 'A
Play' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is the story of the Campland inhabi-tants
— the beings in a Stalinist correctional labor camp in 1945. Alek-sandr
Solzhenitsyn is the Russian author who won the 1970 Nobel Prize
for Literature.
The play shows a world that is overwhelmed by the 'Establishment.'
The 'system' which one must play along with to survive is a 'system' de-void
of any ideals and it submerges Campland and its inhabitants by its
repressive totalitarianism. As head prisoner, Nemov, played by Brian
Petchey, is in charge of 'Productivity.' His job is to get the prisoners
to fill their quotas and to protect the prisoners from unjust demands
by the 'system'. Nemov is immediately confronted with the paradox of
such a situation.
Nemov is assaulted from all sides by the demands of the prisoners
and the demands of the 'system'. He begins to see that the prison that
is lived in is not only of barbed wire but of the mind. There are prisons
of ambition, and of the fear to go beyond the familiar. Women prisoners
come into the office offering their bodies in exchange for security. If
you submit yourself to the camp doctor you can obtain many advan-tages
for he is always seeking a better bed-partner. Certain people, like
the work allocator or the head clerk, must be 'paid' perhaps with a new
pair of boots for their efforts or else nothing will get done. The struggle
for Nemov is to satisfy as many as possible including himself and still
get the quotas filled and the Commandant happy.
As you watch these prisoners as man versus man degenerate into
beings that are stripped of any sense of justice or any ideal you begin
to absorb the very essence of their humanity. The scenery fades into
the background, you overlook the 'staged' actions and you, the observer,
are caught up in the whole emotional framework of the play. 'A Play'
ceases to be a play and seems to transcend the stage, the actors, the
characters, and begins to speak to and for humanity. Praise? Yes, be-cause
the very struggle for life or reason to live by the actors on stage
is to bring this struggle right to the viewer. The observer is confronted
by his own life.
Nemov struggles with this paradox of existence and by placing
justice above all else he loses his job and th eaccompanying comforts.
He is stripped of everything and he is faced with only himself and the
challenge that this entails. Now at the bottom Nemov begins to see peo-ple
and have feelings. His greatest fear had been that he would bring
injustice through his actions. Now that he was no longer the head
prisoner and no longer upholding the 'system' he could no longer do
what was wrong for him. He no longer had to labor under the delusion
that the ends justify the means. Nemov no longer had to betray his
inner feels; his sense of justice; his love for Lyuba. He could fulfill
himself in a small way by achieving his dream of being 'brought up by
his own conscience.' He brought the emotion of love to Lyuba who could
not comprehend because the 'system' had made her emotionless. She is
so shaken by the new direction in the life of Nemov that she gives her
body to the camp doctor so that she can remain near Nemov and try and
return to some semblance of being human. And although Nemov dies
by the hand of the very 'system' that he tried to change, Lyuba is able
to say with her new-found emotions that she loves him and that he is
still alive.
It would be too easy to draw analogies from the play to the Com-munist
situation in Russia or the situation in the United States. Easily
said but probably an unjust statement. Nemov is the spiritual autobi-ography
of Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn is only trying to tell us of human-ity
and nothing else. The seeming transcendence of the play was the
work of the observer and not the author. He is telling us of ourselves
and of the people around us. People are people, communist or protestant,
and each must strive with the situation that he is in.
'A Play' is a complex scenario trying to relate, and does so very
well, the simple facts of humanity and its struggle for life.
Bev Renwick presents piano recital
Bev's favorite style of music for
the piano is Impressionism. "The
sounds are melted together in so
many different combinations. The
music turns me on. The fascinat-ing
thing about any music is how
all the different aspects and dif-ferent
moods fit together. The
process of transforming little black
notes on paper to music involves
so many of your senses."
On Bev's concert program are
selections by Beethoven, Barber,
Ravel, Chopin, Bach, and Gersh-win.
The finale of her concert is
excerpts from Gershwin's Rhap
sody in Blue, including voices and
a second piano part played by Dr.
Howell.
Future plans for Bev include
teaching secondary music some-where
in the Twin Cities. She will
graduate in December. Her hus-band,
Bob Renwick, attends Bethel
seminary.
272 Lowry Medical Arts
St. Paul, Minn. 55102
Page 6 the CLARION Friday, November 6, 1970
Soccer team ends season with
encouraging 8-4-1 record
by Joel Goff
The 1970 Bethel Soccer Club
minished its season with a 5-0 vic-tory
over Bethany Luther of Man-kato.
Goalie Jon Nordstrom regis-tered
his third shutout of the sea-son,
stopping 10 of the opponents
shots. Once again the defense must
be congratulated for their aggres-sive
play. Using such tricks as the
"secondary kicking leg" they kept
Bethany from mounting a strong
offensive attack.
The scoring was led by captain
Joel Goff who put four goals across
the line including his second cor-ner
kick of the season. Dan Leaf-blad
received credit for the other
team is extended to seniors Pete
Pete Wickland. Thanks from the
goal, pumping in a fine pass from
player as Jon Landberg and Ray Smith move in to assist.
Steve Voth attempts to head the ball away from a Bethany
Wickland and Tim Larson for to stay whether it is varsity or not. lost the championship game but
their hustle and determination The highlight of the season was were happy to bring home the sec-throughout
the season. the club's trip to the Platteville and place trophy. Looking for-
Looking at the 1970 season one Tournament. In the first game ward to next year the club is very
must say it was very successful. Bethel defeated a heavily favor- optimistic and hopes to better its
Compiling an 8-4-1 record, the ed Purdue team 4-1 to put itself record along with obtaining var-club
demonstrated that it is here into the finals. Unfortunately they sity status.
Bethel Ski Club considers trips;
arrangements made to cut expense
by Dave Greener Waller also forsees the possib- Bethel to sponsor a ski team (with
Once again Minnesota's "Siberi- ility of going to local areas just a minimum of five members) that
an" winter approaches Bethel for an evening of skiing. Here, too, could compete in the Minnesota
land, bringing with it that crystal- club members would pay less. Intercollegiate Skiers' Association.
line substance known to the In- Longer trips (such as out West) The team could be co-ed. The or-dians
as "the Great White Bother." are not scheduled. Last spring the ganization's ultimate sequence of
Probably impressed by snow jobs, club decided to take a realistic competition for skilled skiers is
however, are the bums and bun- approach to this year, relates the Olympics.
nies of Bethel's recently charter- Waller. Concerned about some of Waller reveals that Bethel Ski
ed Ski Club. the shortcomings of former Bethel Club membership this year is open
"We want to cut every corner ski clubs (pre-charter), Waller to both college and seminary stu-to
make things as inexpensive as does not want his club to "stumble dents. Besides augmenting group
possible," says Mark Waller, stat- from one failure to the next." ski trip with seminarians, con-ing
a major club aim. Waller, club Waller does envision, however, ference college and high school
President, says club members will the possibilities of Bethel joining people will also sometimes be in-receive
financial "breaks." vited (this move would also give
Ski Club officers are currently the United States Skiing Associa- these high schoolers exposure to
considering about half a dozen tion. Through membership in the Bethel, according to Waller.)
"low cost trips." The first of these U.S.S.A. there might be times Waller says that a membership
trips is to Iron Mountain in east- when lift discounts of up to forty fee of $5.00 can be paid to the
ern Wisconsin during Thanksgiv- percent might be obtained and club account (at Bethel's banking
ing. To help confine expenses, ar- there would be the possibility of window) or to Linda Gaasrud, club
rangements for free room have equipment and other discounts. treasurer. Monthly meetings are
been made with a Conference Furthermore, if interest merited, scheduled for every third Tuesday
church in that area. U.S.S.A. membership would allow in the Seminary Building Chapel.
Should soccer become a varsity sport?
continued from page 2
Virgil Olson, Dr. Finnlay, Chairman of the Athletic Committe and the athletic department chairman, Gene
Glader. The Athletic Committee has met and have proposed another resolution to make soccer a varsity
sport. A resolution was previously submitted by the Athletic Committee last spring to make soccer a varsity
sport. This previous propsal was turned down by the administration because of cost. (approximately $13,000
was asked for, $6,000 of which was for soccer scholarships), thus far soccer has been operating on a budget of
$2,000.
Me: How do you think that the decision of the senate and the petitions have affected these people who
you've approached?
Elden: Specifically, Dean Olson has listened to it, unfortunately I don't think that these measures have had
much impact on the general administration.
Me: Do you know where the money for the soccer team is coming from at present?
Elden: President Lundquist has said the school is paying for some, Dean Olson says soccer is being fin-anced
by an anonymous donor, Gene Glader also says the money is coming from an anonymous donor.
Apparently there seems to be a lack of communication among the administration in this matter.
Me: What is the procedure for making a sport a varsity sport?
Elden: The Athletic Committee would make a proposal, which they have done; then the top college ,
administrators would make the final decision on it.
Me: So then I should talk to Paul Finlay as to what has happened, why soccer isn't a varsity sport?
Elden: Yes.
Me: Is there anything with which you would like to conclude?
Eldon: Yes, this seems to be mainly a problem of semantics, because no one has come up with a de-finition
as to what a varsity sport is. Does a varsity sport have a full-time coach? Since we are already paying
for soccer through unbudgeted funds, what differance does it make whether it is called varsity or not?
*
These interviews tend to throw some light on some interesting questions . . . How much power does the
student senate have? Is it just the point where funds are given and they dole it out to the different areas,
Spire, Clarion etc? When the Senate passes a resolution; should first it be decided whether or not they have
the power to decide on such an issue? Or do they tell the administration how the students feel and then the
administration acts upon it?
Next week I will interview Dr. Finlay and President Lundquist to find out where and what lias hap-pened
to the: one, resoulution that was passed in the senate; two, what happened to the petition that Joel
Goff had and; three, what happened to the resolution the Athletic Committee passed that soccer become
a varsity sport and; four, how much say does the stud ent really have in what happens on the Bethel campus
through the use of proper channels.
The Hot Corner
by Rich Zaderaka
FOOTBALL DAFFYNITIONS
Tackle—a zit medication for boys
Split End—what a girl gets if she brushes her hair when it's wet
Quarterback—what you get for sending in two Rice Krispie box tops
and a marshmallow package label
Linebacker—a Detroit football fan
End—that which the players who block have the biggest
Pass—the thing a boy makes, hoping the girl will intercept
Safety—being holed up in your room during Nik Dag
Dan Brodin recorded the best home meet time of the season for
Bethel's cross country team touring the four mile Como Course in 23:28.
Phil James was next best at 24:05, and freshman Dave Peterson, although
out for less than half the season, posted an amazing 24:12.
Going into the final two weeks of the Intramural season Off Cam-pus
I remains on top with a record of 6-1. The race could end in a three-way
tie if Second Old defeats Off Campus I and Third Old, and if both
Off Campus units are victorious over First Floor. The way intramural
action has been going, anything can, and probably will happen.
GRID PIX
A successful forecast last week of 8-4-1 upped the total to 46-26-4.
The trend has been alternately good then bad, so this week I'll be trying
to beat the jinx in picking:
Los Angeles over Atlanta Buffalo over Cincinnati
St. Louis over Boston Pittsburgh over New York Jets
Detroit over New Orleans Oakland over Cleveland
Kansas City over Houston San Francisco over Chicago
Miami over Philadelphia Denver over San Diego
Minnesota over Washington Baltimore over Green Bay
Dallas over New York Giants
Royal gridders lose to NW 33-7;
Face Dakota Wesleyan in final
by Ron Bloomberg and 27 yards through the air for
Th eBethel Royals traveled to a total of 71 yards.
Orange City, Iowa, for a gridiron Offensively, the Royals rushed
contests with Northwestern Col- well, gathering 135 yards to North-lege
on Saturday, Oct. 31. The de- western's 196. Passing was the dif-fensive
secondary had difficulty ference, though, as Bethel's Dave
defending against superb passing Pearson completed passes for 67
by Northwestern quart erback yards compare dto 176 yards for
Steve Krull as he directed the Red the Red Raiders. The Royals reg-
Raiders for 33 points. istered a total of 202 cumulative
Bethel scored their only touch- yards for 15 first downs, while
down on a 1 yard burst by fresh- Northwestern gained 372 yards and
man halfback Mark Wood. Robin converted 17 times for first down
Robinson again led the Royals in yardage.
total yardage gained for the second The Royals travel to Mitchell,
straight week with a 96 yard ac- South Dakota, on November 7 for
cumulation. Mark Wood followed a meeting with Dakota Wesleyan
Robinson with 44 yards rushing in the season finale.
- lattaefraeta&-
Last Saturday's showdown be- overtime victory over Faculty.
tween Off Campus I and Off Cam- Kevin Bishop caught the winning
pus II proved to be just that—a pass i nthe overtime on a bomb
showdown. At times, however, it from Loren Friesen.
was hard to tell who the show- In other games Second New
down as between; the teams, or beat Pit without even showing up,
the teams and the referees. When and First Floor edged New Dorm
the game ended, with the argu- in another hard-fought, forfeit
ments settled (?) and possibly a win.
record number of penalties as-sessed,
Off Campus I emerged the STANDINGS W L pf pa
victor by a score of 6-0. 1. Off Campus I _ 6 1 80 19
Third Old stunned faltering 2. Off Campus II ____ 5 2 43 19
Third New 12-0 behind the excel- 3. Second Old 5 2 78 33
lent running of quarterback Dean 4. Third Old 4 3 20 44
Erickson. Erickson scored the first 5. Second New 4 3 15 19
Third Old touchdown on an inter- 6. Third New 4 3 23 45
ception and passed to Len Carl- 7. First Floor 3 4 32 34
son for the other. 8. New Dorm 2 5 20 53
Second Old remained tied for 9. Faculty 2 5 14 28
second place with a narrow 7-6 10. Pit 0 7 0 38